HAVE
verb
Synonyms
possess; to own. See Possess.
Definitions
- 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.
- 2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one. The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. Shak. He had a fever late. Keats.
- 3. To accept possession of; to take or accept. Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me Shak.
- 4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. Shak.
- 5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require. It had the church accurately described to me. Sir W. Scott. Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also Ld. Lytton.
- 6. To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
- 7. To hold, regard, or esteem. Of them shall I be had in honor. 2 Sam. vi. 22.
- 8. To cause or force to go; to take. "The stars have us to bed." Herbert. "Have out all men from me." 2 Sam. xiii. 9.
- 9. To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion. Shak.
- 10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive. Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist. M. Arnold. The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction. Earle.
- 11. To understand. You have me, have you not Shak.
- 12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him. [Slang]
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025