- AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke, thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v. i
- To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; -- nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with byto put by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forthto put forth = to thrust out).His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy spiritual employment.
- To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set; figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.This present dignity, In which that I have put you.I will put enmity between thee and the woman.He put no trust in his servants.When God into the hands of their delivererPuts invincible might.In the mean time other measures were put in operation.
- To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong construction on an act or expression.
- To lay down; to give up; to surrender.ObsNo man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends.
- To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express; figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a question; to put a case.Let us now put that ye have leave.Put the perception and you put the mind.These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.All this is ingeniously and ably put.
- To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.These wretches put us upon all mischief.Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense.Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.
- To throw or cast with a pushing motion “overhand,” the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.
- MiningTo convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the tramway.Put case that the soul after departure from the body may live.To put aboutTo put aboutNautto turn, or change the course of, as a ship.To put away. To renounce; to discard; to expel.To divorce.To put back. To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to delay.To refuse; to deny.Coming from thee, I could not put him back.To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour.To restore to the original place; to replace.To put by. To turn, set, or thrust, aside.Smilingput the question by.Tennyson.To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by money.To put down. To lay down; to deposit; to set down.To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices. To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down rebellion or traitors.Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down.Sugar hath put down the use of honey.To subscribe; as, to put down one's name.To put forth. To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves.To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into action; to exert; as, to put forth strength. To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like. To publish, as a book.To put forward. To advance to a position of prominence or responsibility; to promote.To cause to make progress; to aid.To set, as the hands of a clock, to a later hour.To put in. To introduce among others; to insert; sometimes, to introduce with difficulty; as, to put in a word while others are discoursing.NautTo conduct into a harbor, as a ship. LawTo place in due form before a court; to place among the records of a court. Burrill.MedTo restore, as a dislocated part, to its place.To put off. To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to put off mortality.Put offthy shoes from off thy feet.Ex. iii. 5.To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate; to baffle.I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius hoped to put me off with an harangue.We might put him off with this answer.To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off repentance.To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an ingenious theory. To push from land; as, to put off a boat.To put onorTo put upon. To invest one's self with, as clothes; to assume.Mercury . . .put onthe shape of a man.L'Estrange.To impute (something) to; to charge upon; as, to put blame on or upon another.To advance; to promote. ObsThis came handsomelyto put onthe peace.Bacon.To impose; to inflict.That which thouputtest onme, will I bear.2 Kings xviii. 14.To apply; as, to put on workmen; to put on steam.To deceive; to trick.The stork found he wasput upon.L'Estrange.To place upon, as a means or condition; as, he put him upon bread and water.This caution willput them uponconsidering.Locke.LawTo rest upon; to submit to; as, a defendant puts himself on or upon the country.Burrill.To put out. To eject; as, to put out and intruder.To put forth; to shoot, as a bud, or sprout. To extinguish; as, to put out a candle, light, or fire. To place at interest; to loan; as, to put out funds. To provoke, as by insult; to displease; to vex; as, he was put out by my reply. ColloqTo protrude; to stretch forth; as, to put out the hand.To publish; to make public; as, to put out a pamphlet. To confuse; to disconcert; to interrupt; as, to put one out in reading or speaking. LawTo open; as, to put out lights, that is, to open or cut windows. Burrill.MedTo place out of joint; to dislocate; as, to put out the ankle.To cause to cease playing, or to prevent from playing longer in a certain inning, as in base ball. to engage in sexual intercourse; -- used of women; as, she's got a great bod, but she doesn't put out.Vulgar slangTo put over. To place (some one) in authority over; as, to put a general over a division of an army.To refer.For the certain knowledge of that truth I put you o'er to heaven and to my mother.To defer; to postpone; as, the court put over the cause to the next term.To transfer (a person or thing) across; as, to put one over the river.To put the hand toorTo put the hand unto. To take hold of, as of an instrument of labor; as, to put the hand to the plow; hence, to engage in (any task or affair); as, to put one's hand to the work.To take or seize, as in theft.He hath notput his hand untohis neighbor's goods.Ex. xxii. 11.To put throughto cause to go through all conditions or stages of a progress; hence, to push to completion; to accomplish; as, he put through a measure of legislation; he put through a railroad enterprise.U.STo put to. To add; to unite; as, to put one sum to another.To refer to; to expose; as, to put the safety of the state to hazard.That dares notput it tothe touch.Montrose.To attach (something) to; to harness beasts to.Dickens.To put to a standto stop; to arrest by obstacles or difficulties.To put to bed. To undress and place in bed, as a child.To deliver in, or to make ready for, childbirth.To put to deathto kill.To put togetherto attach; to aggregate; to unite in one.To put this and thatortwo and twotogetherto draw an inference; to form a correct conclusion.To put to itto distress; to press hard; to perplex; to give difficulty to.O gentle lady, do notput me to 't.Shak.To put to rightsto arrange in proper order; to settle or compose rightly.To put to the swordto kill with the sword; to slay.To put to trialoron trialto bring to a test; to try.To put trust into confide in; to repose confidence in.To put up. To pass unavenged; to overlook; not to punish or resent; to put up with; as, to put up indignities.ObsSuch national injuries are notto be put up.Addison.To send forth or upward; as, to put up goods for sale.To start from a cover, as game.She has been frightened; she has beenput up.C. Kingsley.To hoard.Himself neverput upany of the rent.Spelman.To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish.To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper place; as, put up that letter.Shak.To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put the lad up to mischief.To raise; to erect; to build; as, to put up a tent, or a house. To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers.To put up a jobto arrange a plot.SlangTo place; set; lay; cause; produce; propose; state.
