Found 1 hit - Term: to hold over, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hold \hold\, v. i.
in general, to keep one's self in a given position or
condition; to remain fixed. hence:
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1. not to move; to halt; to stop; -- mostly in the
imperative.
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and damned be him that first cries, "hold, enough"
--shak.
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2. not to give way; not to part or become separated; to
remain unbroken or unsubdued.
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our force by land hath nobly held. --shak.
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3. not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to
endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.
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while our obedience holds. --milton.
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the rule holds in land as all other commodities.
--locke.
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4. not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain
attached; to cleave; -- often with with, to, or for.
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he will hold to the one and despise the other.
--matt. vi. 24
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5. to restrain one's self; to refrain.
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his dauntless heart would fain have held
from weeping, but his eyes rebelled. --dryden.
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6. to derive right or title; -- generally with of.
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my crown is absolute, and holds of none. --dryden.
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his imagination holds immediately from nature.
--hazlitt.
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hold on hold up wait; stop; forbear. collog -- to
hold forth, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach.
--l'estrange.
to hold in, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh
and could hardly hold in.
to hold off, to keep at a distance.
to hold on, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. "the
trade held on for many years," --swift.
to hold out, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain
one's self; not to yield or give way.
to hold over, to remain in office, possession, etc., beyond
a certain date.
to hold to or to hold with, to take sides with, as a
person or opinion.
to hold together, to be joined; not to separate; to remain
in union. --dryden. --locke.
to hold up.
a to support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken;
as, to hold up under misfortunes.
b to cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up.
--hudibras.
c to keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
--collier.
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see also:
hold on hold up to hold forth to hold in to hold off to hold on
to hold out to hold over to hold to to hold with to hold together
to hold up
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