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Definition of check

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Check (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage..

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Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound..

Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.

Checkerberries :: Checkerberries (pl. ) of Checkerberr.

Dishonor :: Dishonor (v. t.) To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange..

Compesce :: Compesce (v. t.) To hold in check; to restrain.

Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.

Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..

Check :: Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.

Checker :: Checker (n.) To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors..

Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2..

Reprehend :: Reprehend (v. t.) To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure..

Checkage :: Checkage (n.) The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks..

Check :: Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below..

Checker :: Checker (v. t.) A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.

Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

Check :: Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..

Pasteurization :: Pasteurization (n.) A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140¡ F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments..

Congeal :: Congeal (v. t.) To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill..

Worm :: Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness..