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To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain. We certify the king, that . . . thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. Ezra iv. 16.

ssation of arms (Mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to by the commanders of armies, to give time for a capitulation, or for other purposes.

A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.

position of ratios, or compound proportion, by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the next, the relation between the first antecedent and the last consequent is discovered. -- Chain shot (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain, formerly…

A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.

To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another. Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition. Jer. Taylor.

Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.] Some are so studiously changeling. Boyle.

gle job, or task; a chore. [Written also chare.] [Eng.] When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave To play till doomsday. Shak.

put upon a person or thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and veracity; to give one a bad character. This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it. Addison.

To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.

A large dish. [Obs.] Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. Matt. xiv. 8.

A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians.

To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe. Music the fiercest grief can charm. Pope.

To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [Colloq.]

ection; discipline; punishment. Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31.

elow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat. Bush chat. (Zoöl.) See under Bush.

Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.

thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.

To give expression to in a chirping tone. Cheep and twitter twenty million loves. Tennyson.

A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.