DRAFT

a. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

2.
a.

Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.

3.
v.

To draw the outline of; to delineate.

4.
v.

To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.

5.
v.

To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. Holwell.

6.
v.

To transfer by draft. All her rents been drafted to London. Fielding.

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