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reach \reach\, v. t. imp.  p. p. reached r=echt
   raught, the old preterit, is obsolete; p. pr.  vb. n.
   reaching. oe. rechen, as. r=aecan, r=aecean, to
   extend, stretch out; akin to d. reiken, g. reichen, and
   possibly to as. rimacce powerful, rich, e. rich.
   root115.
   1. to extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a
      limb, a member, something held, or the like.
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            her tresses yellow, and long straughten,
            unto her heeles down they raughten.   --rom. of r.
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            reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.
                                                  --john xx. 27.
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            fruit trees, over woody, reached too far
            their pampered boughs.                --milton.
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   2. hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially
      the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to
      hand over; as, to reach one a book.
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            he reached me a full cup.             --2 esd. xiv.
                                                  39.
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   3. to attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to
      extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so
      as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an
      object with the hand, or with a spear.
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            o patron power, . . . thy present aid afford,
            than i may reach the beast.           --dryden.
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   4. to strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an
      object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
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   5. hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to
      penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
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            if these examples of grown men reach not the case of
            children, let them examine.           --locke.
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   6. to extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue
      of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
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            thy desire . . . leads to no excess
            that reaches blame.                   --milton.
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   7. to arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
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            before this letter reaches your hands. --pope.
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   8. to arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain;
      to be advanced to.
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            the best account of the appearances of nature which
            human penetration can reach, comes short of its
            reality.                              --cheyne.
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   9. to understand; to comprehend. obs.
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            do what, sir? i reach you not.        --beau.  fl.
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   10. to overreach; to deceive. obs. --south.
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see also:
reached raught reaching 

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