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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Hit \Hit\, v. i.
1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; --
followed by against or on.
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If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and
hit one against another? --Locke.
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Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies,
become conjoined with them. --Woodward.
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2. To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed,
-- often with implied chance, or luck.
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And oft it hits
Where hope is coldest and despair most fits. --Shak.
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And millions miss for one that hits. --Swift.
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To hit on or To hit upon, to light upon; to come to by
chance; to discover unexpectedly; as, he hit on the
solution after days of trying. ``None of them hit upon the
art.'' --Addison.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Hit \Hit\, v. i.
1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; --
followed by against or on.
If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and
hit one against another? --Locke.
Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies,
become conjoined with them. --Woodward.
2. To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed,
-- often with implied chance, or luck.
And oft it hits Where hope is coldest and despair
most fits. --Shak.
And millions miss for one that hits. --Swift.
To hit on or upon, to light upon; to come to by chance.
``None of them hit upon the art.'' --Addison.
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
to hit on /tə hˈɪt ˈɒn/
1. rátalál
2. rálel
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