have 
5. To hold in exercise or consideration ; enter- 
tain ; maintain: as, to have a wish, opinion, or 
objection ; to luire a discussion. 
All this processyon and informaclon had, we retourned 
vnto ye sayd Hospytall, or lodgynge. 
Sir R. Guylfurde, Pylgrymage, p. 21. 
After long consultation hail, it was finally concluded 
and determined amongest theyra. //"//, Hen. 1\., an. 0. 
Shortly after a Parliament i- called at London, wherein 
the King complains of the great contempt was had of him 
by the Barons. Baker, Chronicles, p. 109. 
Captain Swan endeavoured to perswade them to have a 
little Patience ; yet nothing but an augmentation of their 
daily allowance would appease them. 
Dampier, Voyages, I. 281. 
6. To possess knowledge of; be acquainted 
with; take the meaning of : understand. 
He hath neither Latin, French, nor Italian. 
Shalt., M. of V., 1. 2. 
Then begone; be provident; 
Send to the judge a secret way you have me? 
And let him understand the heart. 
Fletcher, Spanish Curate, iiL 1. 
All we have of those places is only their names, with- 
out any sufficient distinctions by which to discover their 
situation. Maundrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 17. 
7. To experience; enjoy or suffer; be affected 
with: as, to have hospitable entertainment; to 
have a headache ; to have one's wish. 
As y deserue, so schal y have; 
Weel bittirli y schal a-ble. 
Hymm to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.X p. 98. 
And if I se some ham their most desired sight, 
Alas ! thinke I, eche man hath weale, save 1 , most woful 
wight. Surrey, Faithful Lover. 
He had a fever when he was in Spain. Shalt., J. C., i. 2. 
8. To hold in estimation; maintain; regard: 
followed by in or a clause. 
Of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them 
shall I be haA in honour. 2 Sam. vi. 22. 
The Lord shall ham them in derision. Ps. ii. 4. 
At last I began to consider, that that which is highly 
esteemed among men is had in abomination with God. 
Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 141. 
They will have it that nature teaches them to love the 
whole species. Sicift, Gulliver's Travels, iv. 8. 
9. To hold in one's power or at a disadvantage. 
His spirit must be bow'd; and now we have him, 
Have him at that we hop'd for. 
Fletcher, Wit without Money, iv. 1. 
O, I have her ; I have nettled and put her into the right 
Temper to be wrought upon. Stcele, Conscious Lovers, i. 1. 
10. To move or remove; cause or compel to 
move : often reflexive, with the subject or ob- 
ject, or both, unexpressed: as, have it out of 
sight. [Archaic in most uses.] 
Now telle me how this erthe may be hadde a-wey. And 
Merlin seide, "In cartes and on inclines nekkes." 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), L 37. 
The gentlemen that were landlords would needs have 
away much lands from their tenants. 
Latimer, Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. 
Ham me away ; fur I am sore wounded. 
2 Chron. xxxv. 23. 
The Interpreter took him by the hand, and had him into 
a little room. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 103. 
I shall be had to a Justice, and put to Bridewell to beat 
Hemp. Congreve, Way of the World, v. 2. 
11. To hold or acknowledge as a duty or ne- 
cessary thing to do ; be under physical or moral 
compulsion, constraint, necessity, or obligation 
to do ; be obliged : followed by an infinitive 
with to, with or without a noun or pronoun as 
object: as, I have a great deal to do; I hare to 
go ; he luis to refund the money. 
We ham to strive with heavy prejudice deeply rooted 
in the hearts of men. Hooker. 
12. To bring into possession or use; procure; 
provide; take. 
He was glad to think that it was time to go and lunch 
at the club, where he meant to have a lobster salad. 
George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xlviii. 
13. To procure or permit to be or to be done ; 
cause, let, allow, etc. : as, to have one's horse 
shod ; I will not have such conduct. 
I pray thee have me excused. Luke xiv. 18. 
But hark you, Kate, 
I must not have you henceforth question me 
Whither I go, nor reason whereabout. 
Shah., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 3. 
I'll kiss his foot since you will have it so. 
Ford, Broken Heart, iii. 4. 
To have a care, to take care ; be on guard ; beware. 
But all this while they must have a care of deceiving 
themselves, though God did restore them to their own 
land with abundance of joy and peace. 
Stillingfleet, Sermons, I. x. 
To have as good. Same as to have as lief, but often im- 
plying a preference. See to have liefer. [Colloq.] 
You had as good make a point of first giving way your- 
self. Goldimith. 
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To have as lief, to hold, regard, or consider as equally 
good : implying an objection to one course without ex- 
pressing a preference for the other : chiefly with the pret- 
erit had, as in to ham liefer and in the later equivalent 
phrase to have as good. See to have liefer. 
Here wonieth an old rebekke 
That hatlde almost an lii'f to lese hire nekke 
As for to geve a peny of hire good. 
Chaucer, Friar's Tale, 1. -J70. 
If you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had an 
lief the town-crier spoke my lines. Shalt., Hamlet, iii. 2. 
TO have better (or best), to hold, regard, or consider as 
better or more expedient (or best or most expedient): fol- 
lowed by an infinitive with or (as now usually) without 
/". or used absolutely (the alternative being implied in 
the context): a phrase arising from the idiom explained 
in to have liefer, to have rather. The form with the super- 
lative is less common. See to have liefer. 
You had better leave your folly. Marlowe. 
You had best to use your sword better, lest I beswinge 
you. Greene, Orlando Furioso, p. 110 (ed. Dyce, 1883). 
He ft">i better to doe so ten times than suffer her to love 
the well-nos'd poet, Ovid. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster (fol. 1016 a), iv. 7. 
[Modern editions omit to in this passage.] 
And he that would cool and refresh himself had better 
goe up to the top of the next Hill then remove into a far 
more Northern country. 
K. Broun, Brief Account of some Travels (1673). 
To have It out, to come to a final understanding or set- 
tlement by discussion or personal encounter. 
"I never in my life seed a quire go into a study to have 
it out about the playing and singing," pleaded Leaf. 
T. Hardy, Under the Greenwood Tree, iv. 
To have liefer or llever. to hold, regard, or consider 
as preferable ; prefer : an idiom appearing also in the 
positive form to have as lief (which seeX and in the simi- 
lar phrases of later origin to have rather, to have better, 
etc. : followed by an infinitive with or (as now usually) 
without t", and often, now usually, with the preterit had, 
which is properly the subjunctive or optative preterit 
with indefinite present force : / had liefer, I should hold 
or regard it as preferable, etc. See lief. 
But natheless yet have I levere to lese 
My lif than of my body have a shame. 
Chaucer, Franklin s Tale, 1. 632. 
Yet have I levere maken hym goode chere 
In honour, than myn ernes lyf to lese. 
Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 471. 
Levere ich hadde to dyen on a knyf 
Than thee offende, trewe, deere wyf. 
Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 919. 
Far liever by his dear hand had I die. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
The phrase was also used impersonally, a dative taking 
the place of the nominative of the person : 
Him had lever [var. him were lever] than all the world a 
lond, 
So hunted him the tempest to and fro. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 2413. 
To have on, to wear ; be clothed with. 
Styf botes our kynge had on. 
Lytell Gene of Robyn Hode (Child's Ballads, VII. 77). 
He saw there a man which had not on a wedding gar- 
ment. Mat. xxii. 11. 
Many a rustic Venus . . . wondered what Mary would 
have on when she was married. 
H. B. Stom, Minister's Wooing, xxix. 
To have one's eye on, to have in mind. 
I am very well satisfied the poet must have had his eye 
on the figure of this bird in ancient sculpture and paint- 
ing, as indeed it was impossible to take it from the life. 
Addiion, Ancient Medals, ii. 
To have rather, to hold, regard, or consider as prefer- 
able : a phrase equivalent to, and used like, to have liefer, 
and of much later origin, not being found, apparently, be- 
fore the sixteenth century : followed by an infinitive with 
or (as now usually) without (o, and now only with the pret- 
erit had. See to have liefer. 
Poesie, which like Venus (but to better purpose), hath 
rather be troubled in the net with Mars, than enjoy the 
homelie quiet of Vvlcan. 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie (ed. Arber), p. 61. 
I had rather to be married to a death's head with a bone 
in his mouth than to either of these. Shak., M. of V., i. 2. 
I had much rather have my body hackt with wounds 
Than t' have a hangman fillip me. 
Dekker, Match me in London (Works, ed. 1873, IV. 106). 
I had much rather be myself the slave, 
And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. 
Cowper, Task, ii. 35. 
This phrase, like the antecedent phrase to have liefer, was 
also sometimes used impersonally, with a dative instead 
of a nominative of the person. 
Me rather had my heart might feel your love, 
Than my unpleas'd eye see your courtesy. 
Shale., Rich. II., ill. 3. 
To have to do with. See doi, c.=Syn. 1. Hold, Own, 
etc. See possess. 
II. in trans. To be: used indefinitely in cer- 
tain idiomatic expressions and phrases, men- 
tioned below Had like, was likely ; came near ; was 
on the point : followed by an infinitive. 
Where they should have made head with the whole army 
upon the Parthians, they sent him aid by small compa- 
nies ; and when they were slain, they sent him others also. 
So that by their beastliness and lack of consideration they 
had like to have made all the army fly. 
North, tr. of Plutarch, p. 769. 
haven 
Have after! t follow ! let us pursue ! 
Hor. He waxes desperate with imagination. 
Mar. Let's follow ; 'tis not fit thus to obey him. 
Hor. Have after: To what issue will this come? 
Khak., llumlet, i. 4. 
Have at, here's a blow for ; here's a challenge for. 
He that will caper with me for a thousand marks, let 
him lend me the money, and have at him. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 2. 
If you will needs fight, gentlemen, 
And think to raise new riches by your valours, 
Have at ye'. I have little else to do now. 
Fletcher (and another), Sea Voyage, i. 3. 
Have at allt, a desperate risk : a phrase taken from the 
practice of gamblers, Nares. 
Her dearest knight, whom she sovjust may call, 
What with his debts, and what with have at all, 
Lay hidden like a savage in his den, 
For feare of bayliffes, sergeants, marshals men. 
Good Sewes and Bad Sewes (1622). 
Have done. See dot, D. Have with you, I will go 
along with you. 
Stan. What, shall we toward the Tower? the day is spent. 
//'*'. Come, come, have with you. Shak., Rich. III., iii. 2. 
Charles S. Stay, Careless, we want you : egad, you shall 
be auctioneer ; so come along with us. 
Careless. Oh, have with you, if that's the case. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, Hi. 3. 
To have done with. See dot, v . I._TO have toward 
Onet, to pledge one in drinking. 
Str. Here's to thee, Leocrates. 
Leoc. Have towards thee, Philotas. 
Phil. To thee, Archippus. 
W. Cartwright, Koyal Slave (1651). 
III. aux. An auxiliary forming, with the past 
participle of the principal verb, the compound 
tenses of verbs (including have), both transitive 
and intransitive, sometimes with another auxil- 
iary: as, I have or And done it; he mil have de- 
parted by that time ; you should not have gone. 
In such cases the word have originally had its proper mean- 
ing as a transitive verb, and was so used at first only with 
another transitive verb, as denoting the possession of the 
object in the state indicated by the past participle of the 
latter verb ; thus, / have received a letter means literally I 
possess a letter received. The construction was afterward 
extended to cases in which the possessor of the object and 
the performer of the action are not necessarily the same, 
as in / have written a letter, and to intransitive verbs. In 
the same way the Latin hakere, to have, has come to be 
used as an auxiliary or merely a formative element in the 
conjugation of the verb in the Romance languages. 
havekt, . A Middle English form of liawk^. 
haveld (ha'veld), n. [= ODan. havelde = Norw. 
haretla, a sea-duck: see Harelda.~\ The Ice- 
landic name of the long-tailed duck. See Ha- 
relda. 
havelesst (hav'les), a. [ME. haveles, contr. of 
havenles, poor, < AS. hafenleds, lia-fenleds ( OD. 
haveloos = G. habelos, hablos), poor, destitute, 
< hafen (= Icel. hiifn), having, property, + -leas, 
-less.] Having little or nothing; destitute. 
And eke he set an ordinaunce 
Upon a lawe of Moyses, 
That though a man be haueles, 
Yet shall he not by theft stele. 
Gower, Conf. Amant., v. 
Now god defende but he be haueles 
Of alle worship or good that may befalle, 
That to the werste turneth by his leudenesse 
A yifte of grace. 
Political Poem*, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 74. 
havelock (hav'lok), . 
[After the British East 
Indian general Henry 
Harelock (1795-1857).] A 
white cap-cover of light 
washable material, with 
a flap hanging behind to 
protect the neck, some- 
times worn by soldiers 
when exposed to the sun 
in hot climates. 
haven (ha'vn), n. [<ME. 
haven, havene, < late AS. 
hatfen (gen. h(efene), haifene (gen. ktefenaii) = 
D. haven = MLG. harene, havende, have, LG. 
haven = OHG. hafan, havan, haven, MHG. hafen. 
htiren, habene, G. hafen = Icel. hofn = Sw. hanni 
= Dan. havn (hence, from LG., OF, havene, 
hable, havle, F. havre, ML. also havana (see Ha- 
vana), accom. habulum), a haven, harbor; allied 
to AS. ha>f, earliest form hab, pi. heafu, the sea, 
= OFries. kef = MLG. haf, liaff, the sea, LG. 
haf, naff, shoal water, tide-flats, = MHG. lin/i 
(liab-), also habe, the sea, a bay, harbor, G. IttifT 
(after LG. ), a bay, gulf, = Icel. Sw. haf = Dan. 
hav, the open sea: see lia<if, Itaff."] 1. A har- 
bor; a port; any place which affords good an- 
chorage and a safe station for ships, or in 
which ships can be sheltered by the land from 
wind and sea. 
It was wont to ben a gret lie, and a gret Havene. and a 
good ; but the See bathe gretly wasted it and over comen 
it. Mandeville, Travels, p. 164. 
i 
Havelock used in the United 
States Army. 
