(a) To check or verify (receipts or payments) [orig., by comparison with a duplicate register]; also, check (a collector of money); (b) to enter (a record of events) in a register. …

(a) To become larger, increase; of the moon: wax; ?also, augment (sth.); (b) of fame, pain, sin: to become greater; also, increase (hurt), worsen; (c) to be more productive; bear children, have……

To clean and comb (a horse), curry; also, torture (a person with a hot horse-comb). …

(a) To treat (sb.) with respect or kindness; (b) to humor (sb.), induce by flattery (to do sth.). …

To decrease, diminish. …

(a) To deceive (sb.), lie to, be false to; defraud (sb.), cheat, rob; mock (sb.), play tricks on; (b) deceiven of, to defraud (sb.) of (sth.), rob (sb.) of (sth.); also fig. …

(a) To ask questions; ask (a question); question (sb.), interrogate; demaunden of, ask (sb.) about (sth.), ask (a question) of (sb.); (b) to demand (sth.), claim, require; as laue wil demaunden, as……

(a) To dispraise or discommend (sth.); censure (sb.); reprove, blame; (b) to reject (sth.) as invalid, repudiate; (c) to refuse credit to (sb.), or for (sth.), in an account; also fig. …

Law (a) To make a formal denial of (a feudal claim or obligation), make a formal disclaimer; (b) to renounce feudal claim upon (sb. or sth.); (c) to remove oneself (from feudal jurisdiction) by formal……

To unfurl, raise, or display (a banner, a pennon); also fig. …

(a) To pass the time in leisure, sport, or amusement; amuse oneself, be merry; -- refl. or intr.; (b) to make oneself comfortable; cheer up; -- also refl. …

(a) To deprive (sb.) of seizin, as by forcible entry upon a freehold; esp., to dispossess (sb.) unlawfully (of land, goods, etc.); (b) refl. to surrender possession or dominion; (c) the disseised, the……

(a) To cause to get stuck fast; (b) to run (a ship) aground. …

To sue (a person) in a court of justice; empleden bi accioun; -- (a) with obj.; (b) with obj. and of, for or upon phrase. …

Of a material thing, condition, or institution (such as a tree, a river, the moon, fire, light; wealth, property, income, cost; a realm or country, the Church, an army; a report, age, illness, etc.)……

To make an effort, to strive;--refl. or intr. …

(a) To provide (someone) with worldly goods, a livelihood, or privileges; to endow (a church, temple, etc.); --often with of, with, or in phrase of the thing given; (b) to grant (a privilege), to……

(a) To raise (something) physically, make higher; raise (a weapon for a blow); (b) erect (a cross, a pillar); (c) raise the level of (the ground); turn up (furrows); stir up (waves). …

(a) To mix, mingle, or blend (things, emotions, conditions, etc.);--also intrans.; (b) to mix in or inject; (c) to intersperse (numbers and symbols, paths and places, etc.); to diversify (a tale……

Hunt. Of hounds: (a) to follow a scent; (b) to follow the wrong scent. …