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(hay), v.; pret. and pp. had, ppr. having; ind. pres. 1 have, 2 hast, 3 has, pl. have. [Also dial. contr. ha, ha’, Se. hae; It. avere =/Pg. haver = Sp. haber = Pr. aver = I’. avoir), have. The remarkable agreement of the Teut. and L. forms in respect to their consonants, which throws doubt upon their etymological identity, is explained by referring them to a common root *khabh (ef. L. hic, this, he, of common origin with E. hel, herel, ete.). The L. capere, sometimes equated with E. have, is rather = E. heave (see capable and heave). Henee, in comp., behave, ete., and, from the L. habere, E. habit, ete.] I. trans. 1. To hold, own, or po e aS an appurtenance, property, attribute, or quality; hold in po e ion: as, to have and to hold. The folk of that Contree han a dyvers Lawe. Mandeville, Travels, p. 164. Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance. Mat. xxv. 29. I M. take thee N. to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward. Book of Common Prayer, Solemnization of Matrimony. 2. To hold by accepting, receiving, obtaining, gaining, or acquiring in any way; become po e ed of or endowed with; be in receipt of; get: as, he has high wages; they have had ten children. By his first [wife] had he Suane. Robert of Brunne. Zee schulle undirstonde that oure Lady hadde Child whan sche was 15 Zeere old. Mandeville, Travels, p. 113. Wilt thou have me [as a husband]? Shak., Hen. V., v. 2. I shall but languish for the want of that, The having which would kill me. Beau. and F1l., King and No King, iii. 1. If these trifles were rated only by art and artfulne , we should have them much cheaper. Collier. "Tis only God may be had for the asking. Lowell, Sir Launfal. 8. To contain or comprise as an adjunct or component part: as, the work has an index; his wit has a spice of malice. Every humour hath his adjunct pleasure, Shak., Sonnets, xci. Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide, Look, what a horse should have he did not lack. Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 299. The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, And these are of them. Shak., Macbeth, i. 3. 4. To hold for use or disposal, actually or potentially; hold the contro] over or right to: as, to have the floor (in debate); to have the deal (in eard-playing); to have authority. Let me have men about me that are fat. Shak.,J.C.,i.2. They [the people of Brazil] entertaine and welcome Strangers at first with weeping and deepe sighes, pitying their tedious iourney, and presently dry their eyes, hawing teares at command, Purchas, Pilgrimage, p, 835. Obey them that have the rule over you. Heb. xiii. 17. 82 have 5. To hold in exercise or consideration; entertain; maintain: as, to have a wish, opinion, or objection; to have a discu ion. All this proce yon and in for mac i on had, we retourned vnto ye sayd Hospytall, or lodgynge. Sir R. Guylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 21. After long consulta cion had, it was finally concluded and determined among est theym. Hall, Hen. IV., an. 6. Shortly after a Parliament is called at London, wherein the King complains of the great contempt was had of him by the Barons. Baker, Chronicles, p. 109, Captain Swan endeavoured to perswade them to have a little Patience; yet nothing but an augmentation of their daily allowance would appease them. Dampier, Voyages, I. 281. 6. To po e knowledge of; be acquainted with; take the meaning of; understand. He hath neither Latin, French, nor Italian, Shak., M. of V., i. 2. Then begone; be provident; Send to the judge a secret way —you have me?— And let him understand the heart. Fletcher, Spanish Curate, iii. 1. All we have of those places is only their names, without any sufficient distinctions by which to discover their situation. Maundrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 17. 7. To experience; enjoy or suffer; be affected with: as, to have hospitable entertainment; to have a headache; to have one’s wish. As y deserue, so schal y haue; Weel bittirli y schal a-bie. Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. EH. T. 8.), p. 96. And if I se some have their most desired sight, Alas! thinke I, eche man hath weale, save I, most woful wight. Surrey, Faithful Lover. He had a fever when he was in Spain. Shak., J.C.,i. 2. 8. To hold in estimation; maintain; regard: followed by in or a clause. Of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. 2 Sam. vi. 22. The Lord shall have them in derision. Ps. ii. 4. At last I began to consider, that that which is highly esteemed among men is had in abomination with God. Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progre , p. 141. They will have it that nature teaches them to love the whole species. Swift, Gulliver's Travels, iv. 8. 9. To hold in one’s power or at a disadvantage. His spirit must be bow’d; and now we have him, Have him at that we hop’d for. Fletcher, Wit without Money, iv. 1. O, I have her; Ihave nettled and put her into the right Temper to be wrought upon, Steele, Conscious Lovers, i. 1. 10. To move or remove; cause or compel to move: often reflexive, with the subject or object, or both, unexpre ed: as, have it out of sight. [Archaic in most uses. ] Now telle me how this erthe may be hadde a-wey. And Merlin seide, “In cartes and on mennes nekkes.”