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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Put \Put\ (put; often p[u^]t in def. 3), v. i.
1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
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2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
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His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden.
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3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
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To put about (Naut.), to change direction; to tack.
To put back (Naut.), to turn back; to return. ``The French
. . . had put back to Toulon.'' --Southey.
To put forth.
(a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. ``Take earth from under
walls where nettles put forth.'' --Bacon.
(b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak.
To put in (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port.
To put in for.
(a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share
of profits.
(b) To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a
hawk.
(c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for.
--Locke.
To put off, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as
a ship; to move from the shore.
To put on, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently.
To put over (Naut.), to sail over or across.
To put to sea (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to
advance into the ocean.
To put up.
(a) To take lodgings; to lodge.
(b) To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange.
To put up to, to advance to. [Obs.] ``With this he put up
to my lord.'' --Swift.
To put up with.
(a) To overlook, or suffer without recompense, punishment,
or resentment; as, to put up with an injury or
affront.
(b) To take without opposition or expressed
dissatisfaction; to endure; as, to put up with bad
fare.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Put \Put\ (put; often p[u^]t in def. 3), v. i.
1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden.
3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
To put about (Naut.), to change direction; to tack.
To put back (Naut.), to turn back; to return. ``The French
. . . had put back to Toulon.'' --Southey.
To put forth.
(a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. ``Take earth from under
walls where nettles put forth.'' --Bacon.
(b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak.
To put in (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port.
To put in for.
(a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share
of profits.
(b) To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a
hawk.
(c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for.
--Locke.
To put off, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as
a ship; to move from the shore.
To put on, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently.
To put over (Naut.), to sail over or across.
To put to sea (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to
advance into the ocean.
To put up.
(a) To take lodgings; to lodge.
(b) To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange.
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