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A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.

To perform the operation of churning.

One who performs circumcision. Milton.

To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circular motion. Ray.

or the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.

Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. Preston

To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance. To clap hands. (a) To pledge faith by joining hands. [Obs.] Shak.

clear a ship at the customhouse, to exhibit the documents required by law, give bonds, or perform other acts requisite, and procure a permission to sail, and such papers as the law requires. -- To clear a ship for action, or To clear for action (Naut.), to remove incumbrances from the decks, and prepare for an engagem…

staff, from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation. -- Clog dance, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes. -- Clog dancer.

To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers.

To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of. Many a wooer doth commence his suit. Shak.

The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. South.

in a public office, hotel, or the like. The commissionaire familiar to European travelers performs miscellaneous services as a light porter, messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc.

A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some bussiness, for the goverment, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims. To another adress which requisted that a commission might be sent to examine into the state of things in Ireland…

One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers.

old relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer's skill.

To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

actices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand. Dealing with witches and with conjurers. Shak. From the account the loser brings, The conjurer knows who stole the things. Prior.

One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes. [Written also consecrater.]

Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.