have

have: have ► VERB (has; past and past part. had) 1) possess, own, or hold. 2) experience; undergo: have difficulty. 3) be able to make use of. 4) (have to) be obliged to; must. 5) perform the action indicated by the noun specified: he had a look round. 6) demonstrate (a personal attribute). 7) suffer from (an illness or disability). 8) cause to be in a particular state. 9) cause to be done for one by someone else. 10) place, hold, or keep in a particular position. 11) be the recipient or host of. 12) eat or drink. 13) (not have) refuse to tolerate. 14) (be had) informal be cheated or deceived.

► AUXILIARY VERB ▪ used with a past participle to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses, and the conditional mood.

► NOUN (usu. in phrase the haves and the have-nots) informal ▪ people with plenty of money.

● have had it — Cf. ↑have had it

● have (got) it in for — Cf. ↑have it in for

● have it out — Cf. ↑have it out

● have on — Cf. ↑have on

● have up — Cf. ↑have up

ORIGIN Old English.

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Hold (whether one's own or not), be in actual possession of / Bear, bring forth, be delivered of / Possess, own, be in possession of, be seized of / Be favored with / Be the subject of / Regard, consider, esteem / Require, wish, desire / Obtain, acquire, receive, get, gain / Be obliged, be under the necessity / Accept (as husband or as wife), take

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hâve — hâve … Dictionnaire des rimes
Have — (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Had} (h[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Having}. Indic. present, I {have}, thou {hast}, he {has}; we, ye, they {have}.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
have — (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Had} (h[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Having}. Indic. present, I {have}, thou {hast}, he {has}; we, ye, they {have}.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
have — (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Had} (h[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Having}. Indic. present, I {have}, thou {hast}, he {has}; we, ye, they {have}.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hâve — [ av ] adj. • 1548; frq. °haswa « gris comme le lièvre » ♦ Amaigri et pâli par la faim, la fatigue, la souffrance. ⇒ émacié, 1. maigre. Gens hâves et déguenillés. Visage, teint hâve. ⇒ blafard, blême. ⊗ CONTR. 1. Frais, replet. hâve adj. Litt.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
*hâve — ● hâve adjectif (francique haswa, blême) Qui est pâle et amaigri par la maladie, la faim. ● hâve (difficultés) adjectif (francique haswa, blême) Orthographe Avec un accent circonflexe sur le … Encyclopédie Universelle
Have — Have, lat., sei gegrüßt! lebe wohl! Auf Grabmälern: have pia anima! lebe wohl, fromme Seele! … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Have — (ave, lat.), sei gegrüßt! lebe wohl! bes. auf Grabsteinen: H. pia anima (lebe wohl liebe Seele); vgl. Ave Maria … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Have — (lat.), soviel wie Ave … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Have — (ave, lat.), Sei gegrüßt! Lebe wohl! H. pia anĭma, Lebe wohl, fromme Seele! … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
have — index accommodate, hold (possess), keep (shelter), own, possess, remain (occupy) … Law dictionary

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