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an
     1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
     2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
     3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
     4. conj. (archaic) If
     5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
           An it harm none, do what ye will.
     6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
     7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
     8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
           I was only going twenty miles an hour.
assembly
     1. n. A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
           In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly.
     2. n. The act of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
           instructions for assembly
           assembly line
     3. n. A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
           school assembly
           freedom of assembly
     4. n. A legislative body.
           the General Assembly of the United Nations
     5. n. (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
     6. n. (computing) (clipping of assembly language)
     7. n. (computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library inform
including
     1. prep. Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.
           All you have to do is to fill in the details, including your name and address and the amount you wish to give.
     2. prep.          (rare, nonstandard) Introducing a finite clause.
     3. v. present participle of include
     include
          1. v. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
                I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
          2. v. To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
                The vacation package includes car rental.
                Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
                I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
                up to and including page twenty-five
          3. v. (obsolete) To enclose, confine.
          4. v. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
          5. v. (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
                You have to include the strings library to use this function.
          6. n. (programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
one
     1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
           In some religions, there is only one god.
           In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
           One person, one vote.
     2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
     3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
     4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
     5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
           The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.
     6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
           She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
     7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
           One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.  One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
     8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
           "driver", noun: one who drives.
     9. n. The digit or figure 1.
     10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
     11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill.
     12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
     13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote.
     14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
     15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
           A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
             Someone help me; I'm always losing!
           B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
             Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular.
           One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
     17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
           My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.".
     18. adj. Sole, only.
           He is the one man who can help you.
     19. adj. Whole, entire.
           Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
     20. adj. In agreement.
           We are one on the importance of learning.
     21. adj. The same.
           The two types look very different, but are one species.
     22. adj. Being a preeminent example.
           He is one hell of a guy.
     23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
           The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
     24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
more
     1. det. comparative degree of many, : in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
           More people are arriving.
           There are more ways to do this than I can count.
     2. det. comparative degree of much, : in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
           I want more soup;  I need more time
           There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places.
     3. adv. To a greater degree or extent.
           He walks more in the morning these days.
     4. adv. (now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.
     5. adv. Used alone to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
           You're more beautiful than I ever imagined.
     6. adv. (now dialectal, or humorous) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. (Standard until the 18thc.)
           I was more better at English than you.
     7. adv. rather
           He is more clever than wise.
     8. n. An extra amount or extent.
     9. n. (obsolete) a carrot; a parsnip.
     10. n. (dialectal) a root; stock.
     11. n. A plant.
     12. v. To root up.
     13. pron. a greater amount of people or things
judges
     1. n. plural of judge
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of judge
     judge
          1. n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
          2. n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
          3. n. A person officiating at a sports event or similar.
                At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final.
          4. n. A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
                She is a good judge of wine.
                They say he is a poor judge of character considering all the unreliable friends he has made.
          5. v. To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
                A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
          6. v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
                Justices in this country judge without appeal.
          7. v. To form an opinion on.
                I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
          8. v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
                We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
          9. v. To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
                I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
          10. v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
                I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
          11. v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
conduct
     1. n. The act or method of controlling or directing
     2. n. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
     3. n. The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
           Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished.
     4. n. (of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
     5. n. (obsolete) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
     6. n. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
     7. v. (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.
     8. v. To lead; to direct; to manage
           The commander conducted thousands of troops.
           to conduct the affairs of a kingdom
     9. v. (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.
           He conducted himself well.
     10. v. To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
     11. v. (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
     12. v. (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
     13. v. To carry out (something organized)
judicial
     1. adj. Of or relating to the administration of justice.
     2. adj. Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.
     3. adj. (Ireland, historical) specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881
           judicial rent, judicial lease
     4. adj. Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.
     5. n. That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.
business
     1. n. A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
           I was left my father's business.
     2. n. A person's occupation, work, or trade.
           He is in the motor and insurance businesses.
           I'm going to Las Vegas on business.
     3. n. Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
           He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!
           We do business all over the world.
     4. n. The volume or amount of commercial trade.
           Business has been slow lately.
           They did nearly a million dollars of business over the long weekend.
     5. n. One's dealings; patronage.
           I shall take my business elsewhere.
     6. n. Private commercial interests taken collectively.
           This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.
     7. n. The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
           I studied business at Harvard.
     8. n. A particular situation or activity.
           This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.
     9. n. An objective or a matter needing to be dealt with.
           Our principal business here is to get drunk.
           Let's get down to business.
     10. n. Something involving one personally.
           That's none of your business.
     11. n. (parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
           If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business.
     12. n. (travel) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
     13. n. (acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
     14. n. (rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
     15. n. (slang) Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")
           These new phones are the business!
     16. n. (slang) Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.
           Your ferret left his business all over the floor.
           As the cart went by, its horse lifted its tail and did its business.
     17. adj. Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
           "Please do not use this phone for personal calls; it is a business phone.".
     18. adj. Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
     19. adj. Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
court
     1. n. An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
           The girls were playing in the court.
     2. n.          (US, Australia) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
     3. n. (social) Royal society.
     4. n.          The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.
                   The noblemen visited the queen in her court.
     5. n.          The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state
                   The queen and her court traveled to the city to welcome back the soldiers.
     6. n.          Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
     7. n. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
     8. n. (law) The administration of law.
     9. n.          The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
                   Many famous criminals have been put on trial in this court.
     10. n.          The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, le
                   The court started proceedings at 11 o'clock.
     11. n.          A tribunal established for the administration of justice.
     12. n.          The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
     13. n.          The session of a judicial assembly.
                   The court is now in session.
     14. n.          Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
     15. n. (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
           The local sports club has six tennis courts and two squash courts.
           The shuttlecock landed outside the court.
     16. v. To seek to achieve or win.
           He was courting big new accounts that previous salesman had not attempted.
     17. v. To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
           He courted controversy with his frank speeches.
     18. v. To try to win a commitment to marry from.
     19. v. To engage in behavior leading to mating.
           The bird was courting by making an elaborate dance.
     20. v. To attempt to attract.
     21. v. To attempt to gain alliance with.
     22. v. (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.
           She's had a few beaus come courting.
     23. v. (intransitive) To engage in courtship behavior.
           In this season, you can see many animals courting.
     24. v. To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
law
     1. n. The body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
           the courts interpret the law; entrapment is against the law
     2. n.          The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
                    property law; commercial hunting and fishing law
     3. n.          Common law, as contrasted with equity.
     4. n. A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
           There is a law against importing wallabies.   A new law forbids driving on that road.   The court ruled that the executive order was not law and nullified it.
     5. n. (more generally) (A rule, such as:)
     6. n.          Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores).
                   "Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you" is a good law to follow.   the law of self-preservation
     7. n.          A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
                   the laws of playwriting and poetry
     8. n.          A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions
                    the laws of thermodynamics
                   Newton's third law of motion states that to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. This is one of several laws derived from
     9. n.          (mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
                    Mathematical laws can be proved purely through mathematics, without scientific experimentation.
     10. n.          Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
                    the law of scarcity; the law of supply and demand
     11. n.          (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
     12. n. The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
           They worked to maintain law and order.   It was a territory without law, marked by violence.
     13. n. (informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
           Here comes the law — run!
     14. n. The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
           He is studying for a career in law.   She has practiced law in New York for twenty years.
     15. n. Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
           She went to university to study law.
     16. n. Litigation, legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
           They were quick to go to law.
     17. n. (now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
     18. n. (fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
     19. n. (legal, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law)", "(m", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
     20. v. (obsolete) To work as a lawyer; to practice law.
     21. v. (ambitransitive, chiefly dialectal) To prosecute or sue (someone), to litigate.
     22. v. (nonstandard) To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; govern.
     23. v. (informal) To enforce the law.
     24. v. To subject to legal restrictions.
     25. n. (obsolete) A tumulus of stones.
     26. n. (Scottish, and Northern England, archaic) A hill.
     27. interj. (dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.
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