(a) Attention, heed; nimen ~, to pay attention; taken ~, pay attention (to sth.), be interested (in sth.); I do no ~, I do not care, I am indifferent; (b) fondness, liking, partiality, desire; fleshli ~, carnal desire; honest ~, desire for decency; haven ~ of, to have a liking for (sth.); holden ~, have a desire (to do sth.); ther is no ~ to the of, you do not show partiality toward; (c) trouble, grief, woe [?confused with care]; (d) the object of one's attention or concern; (e) importance; ben of ~, haven ~, to be significant.

(a) Effort, diligence; inward ~, earnest effort; bisi ~, ful ~; don ~, to work diligently, take pains; haven ~ of, provide for (sb.), take care of; taken ~, make an effort; (b) a work, a task, an achievement; ~ of knighthod, the practice of military arts; (c) behavior, conduct; ?treatment of someone who is in one's charge.

(a) Duty, care, responsibility; temporal ~, worldly duty or business; in pl.: temporal affairs; (b) custody, keeping, charge, care, control; also fig.; haven in ~, haven the ~ of, to have (sth.) under one's control, have in one's power; out of ~, out of (one's) jurisdiction; taken in ~, taken ~ of, take charge of (sth.), care for, look after; under ~, in (one's) custody, under (one's) authority; (c) kingship, kingdom; (d) mastery; winnen the ~ of, to overcome (sb.).

(a) Spiritual duty or responsibility; spiritual keeping or custody; ~ of soul(es, responsibility for people's spiritual welfare; (b) ecclesiastical office or position, benefice; ~ of soules, an area in one's spiritual charge, a benefice; esp., a parish or diocese.

(a) Med. & surg. Medical or surgical care, treatment; under ~, under the care (of a physician, surgeon, veterinary); (b) a specific treatment, the treatment of a specific disease or injury; a surgical operation, an instrument, a medicine; also, a preventive measure; don (putten) ~ to, to administer a treatment to (sb.); local ~; (c) a successful treatment, restoration to health, healing, cure; (d) a medical or surgical case; (e) fig. help, remedy; lives ~, that which preserves (one's) life; out of ~, withouten ~, without remedy, helpless, in desperate circumstances.