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(v)
(transitive) To possess, own.
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(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.
(n)
The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship.
Something that is owned.
(law, finance) To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.
To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.
To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.
(transitive) To get.
Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
(transitive) To gather together; amass.
(transitive) To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement.
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
(transitive) Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
(intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.
(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
(adj)
Very surprising; amazing.
To understand.
(transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
(N)
a region in north eastern Albania and south western Kosovo.
(transitive) To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
(transitive) To hold inside.
An order to do something.
(transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
Free from attack or danger; protected.
(transitive or intransitive) To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
(US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise. [To make use of; to use.]
(transitive) To gain (an object or desired result).
(transitive) To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify.
To retain (someone) as an employee.
(transitive) To give off or radiate a certain quality or emotion, often strongly.
(transitive) To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).
To grow plants, notably crops.
(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.
(transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
Of a type or kind that suffices, that satisfies requirements or needs.
(transitive) To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material; to bring to bear.
a person who owns something
Misspelling of acquire. [(transitive) To get.]
(transitive) To parade, display with ostentation.
(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
To make use of; to use.
(transitive) To acquire or obtain.
In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
(transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
(transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow.
the act of acquiring something
(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
(transitive) To attribute (a cause or characteristic) to someone or something.
(transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
(transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
(intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
(transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb.
(transitive) To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
(ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
(transitive) to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).
(of a goal) Having been achieved or reached.
Completely without; having none of.
(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
(ambitransitive) To declare; to assert, affirm.
(transitive) To show or illustrate by example.
(intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
(transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
(transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
The act of gaining; acquisition.
(adv)
(modal) Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.
Essential, indispensable, required.
(transitive) To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or persona.
Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.