Definition of tow

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Tow (v. t.) The act of towing, or the state of being towed; --chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow..

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Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town..
Come :: Come (n.) To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.
Inn :: Inn (n.) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn..
On :: On (prep.) Toward; for; -- indicating the object of some passion; as, have pity or compassion on him..
Obversion :: Obversion (n.) The act of turning toward or downward.
Congruity :: Congruity (n.) That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace..
Whitherward :: Whitherward (adv.) In what direction; toward what or which place.
Collate :: Collate (v. t.) To bestow or confer.
Behind :: Behind (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind..
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke..
Demolisher :: Demolisher (n.) One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns..
Easterly :: Easterly (adv.) Toward, or in the direction of, the east..
Resumptive :: Resumptive (a.) Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures..
Preposition :: Preposition (n.) A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running..
Fire :: Fire (n.) The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
Hitherward :: Hitherward (adv.) Toward this place; hither.
Owe :: Owe (v.) To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victory to his lieutenants..
Northwestern :: Northwestern (a.) Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course..
Restitution :: Restitution (v.) The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor..
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body..
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