·noun Binding power and influence.
II. Hold ·noun The authority or ground to take or keep; claim.
III. Hold ·noun Something that may be grasped; means of support.
IV. Hold ·n.i. To derive right or title;
— generally with of.
V. Hold ·n.i. To restrain one's self; to Refrain.
VI. Hold ·noun A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
VII. Hold ·vt To bear, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high.
VIII. Hold ·n.i. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
IX. Hold ·noun A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle;
— often called a stronghold.
X. Hold ·noun The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
XI. Hold ·n.i. In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:.
XII. Hold ·n.i. Not to more; to Halt; to Stop; - mostly in the ·imv.
XIII. Hold ·n.i. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to Cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
XIV. Hold ·noun A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged;
— called also pause, and corona.
XV. Hold ·vt To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to Confine; to Restrain.
XVI. Hold ·vt To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive and retain; to have capacity or containing power for.
XVII. Hold ·vt To Have; to Possess; to be in possession of; to Occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
XVIII. Hold ·vt To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to Continue; to Sustain.
XIX. Hold ·vt To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to Keep; to Defend.
XX. Hold ·vt To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to Maintain; to Sustain.
XXI. Hold ·noun The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession;
— often used with the verbs take and lay.
XXII. Hold ·n.i. Not to fail or be found wanting; to Continue; to Last; to endure a test or trial; to Abide; to Persist.
XXIII. Hold ·vt To Consider; to Regard; to Esteem; to Account; to Think; to Judge.
XXIV. Hold ·vt To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to Sustain; to Restrain; to keep in the grasp; to Retain.
XXV. Hold ·vt To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, ·etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service.