(a) To use or let (land, esp. woods) for pasture; ben agisted, have a right to pasture; (b) to pasture (livestock), or put to pasture, for a rent. …

(a) Law To appropriate (common land) to one's own use and profit [in accordance with the Statutes of Merton (1236) and Westminster (1285)]; -- refl. & intr.; (b) to assign (sth.) as property; (c) to……

To determine (sth.), decide (a question, dispute, legal case). …

(a) To write or compose (a book, poem, letter, etc.);--with or without obj.; (b) to write (in a certain language, manner, or style); (c) to compose (a song, a Psalm); (d) of oral composition or……

Law (a) To confirm or approve (a charter, bill, agreement, etc.), [orig. by writing on the back of the document];--also fig.; (b) to approve a reply to (a petition), to grant (a petition) under seal……

(a) To enclose land for agricultural purposes; (b) to increase (income); (c) ppl. improued, ?approved, ?beloved. …

To levy fines; fine (sb.). …

(a) To pronounce (sb.) an outlaw; banish (sb.), exile; (b) to ostracize (sb.); exclude (sb. from an assembly); also fig. banish (sb. from heaven or paradise); (c) to banish (charity, reason, Holy……

To draw off (wine) from one vessel to another, leaving the lees; rakken to the lies, draw off (a wine) down to the lees. …

(a) To rescue or deliver (sb.) from captivity, fire, death, hell, abduction, etc.; keep (sb. from hell, death); also, raise (sb.) from the dead; (b) to aid (sb. in battle or under siege), relieve……

To rescue (sb., a country); deliver (sb. under siege), relieve. …

(a) To give a reward; reward (sb.); (b) hunt. to reward (a hound or hawk), esp. with a part of the game; (c) to reward (affection, good deeds, etc.); -- also without obj.; (d) to pay (sb.) for goods……

(a) To record (a deed, title, etc.) in an official roll or register; also in fig. context; (b) to list (a person's name) on a roster or muster roll; record (sb.) as (sth.), acknowledge; rollen with……

(a) To urge (sb. to do sth.), invite, call upon; order (sb. to do sth.); -- also with that clause; ben somned, be called upon (to do sth.), be obliged; ben somned to, be invited to (a feast); (b) ?to……

Hunt. (a) To blow one of several prolonged hunting calls on a horn, involving the repetition of notes in various combinations of frequency and length, after the death of a quarry, at the end of a……

(a) To furnish (a stronghold, castle, town, etc.) with military forces, provisions, armaments, etc. for defense; man (a wall); garrison (the marches); stuffen with (of), equip (a stronghold, castle……

(a) To fasten (sth. to sth.), attach; also fig.;—also without obj.; nail (sb. to a cross or tree); also, sew (sth. to a garment); ppl. tachinge, sticking together, gluey; (b) to tie (a horse to sth.)……

(a) To cut (sth.), trim; ppl. tailled, cut up, sliced; (b) to cut down (an enemy) in battle, cut to pieces, slaughter; also, slash and kill [last quot.]; (c) to set (persons) in order for battle; put……

Surg. (a) To treat a patient by drawing blood or other matter with a cupping glass (b) to apply a cupping glass to (a wound, boil, etc.); also, treat (a patient) by bloodletting with a cupping glass;……

(a) To fail (to do sth.); decline (to do sth.); also, disobey a command (that one do sth.) (b) to eschew (joy, a vice, etc.); refuse (a gift, food, etc.); also, decline (an office); (c) to resist……