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Definition of hold

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Hold (v. t.) To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service..

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Guards :: Guards (n. pl.) A body of picked troops; as, The Household Guards..

Compaginate :: Compaginate (v. t.) To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate the frame..

Run :: Run (a.) To continue without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run..

Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (n.) A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds..

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..

Retention :: Retention (n.) The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien..

Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch..

Mascotte :: Mascotte (n.) A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.

Stand :: Stand (n.) To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine..

Sug :: Sufism (n.) A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives..

Use :: Use (v. t.) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.

Hold :: Hold (n. i.) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.

Seggar :: Seggar (n.) A case or holder made of fire clay, in which fine pottery is inclosed while baking in the kin..

Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbo.

Septennate :: Septennate (n.) A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office..

Tappit Hen :: Tappit hen () A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen..

Vice :: Vice (v. t.) To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice..

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To withhold; to forbear.

Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge.

Honor :: Honor (n.) A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under Honorable..