Definition of hold

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Hold (v. t.) To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend..

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Storven :: Storthing (n.) The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions..
Possess :: Possess (v. t.) To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively..
Boroughholder :: Boroughholder (n.) A headborough; a borsholder.
Seminal :: Seminal (a.) Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue..
Receiver :: Receiver (n.) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases..
Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses..
Trunkful :: Trunkful (n.) As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.
Distaff :: Distaff (n.) The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand..
Glassful :: Glassful (n.) The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.
Stranger :: Stranger (n.) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
Escheat :: Escheat (v. i.) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture..
Trayful :: Trayful (n.) As much as a tray will hold; enough to fill a tray.
Amphora :: Amphora (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc..
Value :: Value (v. t.) To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues..
Glue :: Glue (n.) To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten..
Saltcellar :: Saltcellar (n.) Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table..
Immersionist :: Immersionist (n.) One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential to Christian baptism.
Theorbo :: Theorbo (n.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes..
Ejectment :: Ejectment (n.) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it..
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