- OE. havenhabben, AS. habbenimperf. hæfde, p. p. gehæfd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries. hebba, OHG. habēn, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. avoir. Cf. AbleAvoirdupoisBinnacleHabit
- To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.
- To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one.The earth hath bubbles, as the water has.He had a fever late.
- To accept possession of; to take or accept.Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me?
- To get possession of; to obtain; to get.
- To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.I had the church accurately described to me.Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also?
- To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
- To hold, regard, or esteem.Of them shall I be had in honor.
- To cause or force to go; to take.The starshaveus to bed.Herbert.Haveout all men from me.2 Sam. xiii. 9.
- To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion.
- To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist.The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction.
- To understand.You have me, have you not?
- To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him.SlangMyself for such a face had boldly died.To possess; to own. See Possess.
