put 
I do not send yon George, because they are speaking of 
putting o/ servants. Wiiuhrop, llist. New England, I. 471. 
(/) To defer; postpone; delay: as, to put off something 
to a more convenient season ; to put off one's departure 
for a week. 
The promised collection was long put off under various 
pretexts. Macaulay, Hist Eng., vi. 
(17) To defeat or baffle, as by delay, artlflce, plausible ex- 
cuse, etc. 
Do men In good earnest think that God will be put of 
so ? or that the law of God will be baffled with a lie clothed 
In a scoff? Smith. 
When I ask, I am not to be put nff, Madam. Xo, no, I 
take my friend by the button. 
Guidtrmith, Good-natured Man, U. 
Hastings, who wanted money and not excuses, was not 
to be put o/by the ordinary iirtittces of Eastern negotia- 
tion. Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
To put On or upon, (a) (On, adv.) (1) To clothe, cover, 
or invest the person, or some part of it, with ; assume as a 
covering, or as something to be worn : as, to put on one's 
clothes ; to put on a new pair of gloves. 
He 's pitten on his cork-heel'd shoon, 
And fast awa rade he. 
Burd Kllen (Child's Ballads, III. 213). 
Fresh was Phrebe, moreover, and airy and sweet In her 
apparel ; as if nothing that sho wore . . . had ever been 
put on before ; or, if worn, were all the fresher for It, and 
with a fragrance as If they had lain among the rosebuds. 
Hawthorne, Seven Gables, xi. 
Hence (-2) To assume ; assume the garb or appearance 
of ; show externally ; exhibit : as, to put on a solemn 
countenance, or show of Interest ; to put on airs. 
We made love, and contemn'd love; now seem'd holy, 
With such a reverent put on reservation 
Which could not miss, according to your principles. 
Fletcher, Wildgoose Chase, 111. 1. 
Putting off the Courtier, he now put* on the 1'hilosopher. 
Milton, Kikonoklastcs, vi. 
Mftl. Now all in tears, now smiling, sad at parting. 
(Juise. Dissembled, for she told me this before; 
'Twas all put on that I might hear and rave. 
Dryden, Uuke of flnise, III. 1. 
(8) To turn or let on ; turn or bring Into action : as, to put 
on more steam. (4) To forward ; promote. 
This came handsomely to put on the peace. 
Bacon, Hist. Hen. VII. 
(5) To instigate; incite. 
You protect this course, and put It on 
By your allowance. Shak., Lear, I. 4. 227. 
These two, as the king conceived, put him on to that 
foul practise and illusion of Sathans. 
Apothegms of Kintj James (1003). (AYrirx.) 
(<i) To deceive; impose upon; cheat; trick: as, I will not 
be /'"' "/>";/ 
The stork found he was put upon, but net a good face, 
however, upon his entertainment. Sir {I. L'Kstraniir. 
(6) [On, prep.] (1) To impose upon ; inflict upon. 
That which thou 2>uttest on me, will I bear. 
2 Ki. xvili. 11. 
Sir, I must have you know 
That you are and shall bo at our pleasure, what 
Fashion we will put ujion you. 
Bran, and Ft., rhilastcr, I. 1. 
(2) To lay on ; Impute to : as, to put the blame on some- 
body else. 
Ill try yon for his Murder, which I find you'd put on 
me, thou hellish Engine! Steele, Grief A-la-Mode, v. 1. 
(3) To impel to ; Instigate to ; incite to. 
Ambition often put* men upon doing the meanest offices. 
S>e\ft, Thoughts on Various Subjects. 
But pray, Mr. Puff, what first put you OH exercising your 
talents in this way? Sherulan, The Critic, I. 2. 
(4) To ascribe to. 
Thus the priests of elder time have put upon them many 
incredible conceits. Sir T, Brmrne, Vulg. Err. 
In faith, in faith, 
Yon do not fair to put these things upon me, 
Which can in no sort be. 
B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, I. 2. 
(5) To foist upon ; palm off on. 
My Lady Townshend has picked up a little stable-hoy 
In the Tower, which the warders have put upon her for a 
natural son of Lord Kilmarnock's. 
Wal]>ole, Letters, II. 81. 
(6) In late, to rest on : rest one's case In ; submit to : as. the 
defendant putu himself upon the country (that is. he pleads 
not guilty, and will go to trial). To put one in a hole, 
to put one on or to his mettle, to put one's back up. 
See the nouns. To put one's best foot forward, to 
put one's foot in it, to put one's foot into. See/oot. 
To put one's hand to. see hand. to put one's 
hand to the plow. See plotc. To put one's head into 
the lion's mouth, one's nose out of joint, one's nose 
to the grindstone, one's oar in. see linn . joint, arind- 
stone, oa r. To put one to the door. See door. To put 
on trial See trial. To put out. (a) To thrust out (1) 
To destroy, so as to blind : said of the eyes. 
But now with a most inhumane cruelty they who have 
put out the peoples eyes reproach them of their blind- 
nesse. Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
(2) To extend; reach out; protrude. 
It came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put 
out his hand. Gen. xxxvill. 28. 
(6) To extinguish. 
Is the light of thy Vnderstanding now cleaneput out' 
Dekker, Seven Deadly Sins, p. 24. 
(c) To shoot forth, as a bud or sprout : as, to put out leaves. 
(d) To exert ; use. 
4865 
Let us all set ourselves in good earnest to resist all man- 
ner of temptations: let us put nut all the strength which 
we naturally have to this purpose, and beg of God super- 
naturally to supply us with what we hare not. 
/;/'. Atterbury, Sermons, II. Iv. 
() To expel ; eject ; drive out ; dismiss : as, to put out an 
intruder ; to be put out of office. 
The same Day that he [Adam] was putt In Paradyi, the 
name Day he was put outt. ManderilU, Travels, p. 67. 
Whanne nature hath sett In you plente 
Of alle goodnesae, by vertu and bl grace, 
He neuere assembled hem, as lemeth me, 
To put pyte wrte of his dwellyng place. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnlvall), p. 67. 
They should put out four of the magistrates from that 
power and trust which the freeman had committed to 
them. Winthrnp, Hist. New England, II. SOft. 
(/) To publish ; make public ; Issue : at, to put out a pam- 
phlet. 
I was surprized at the Impudence of a Booth, which put 
out the Pictures of some Indian BeasU with bard Names; 
and of four that were Painted I found but two. 
Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 177. 
They were putting out very curious stamps of the several 
edifices which are most famous for their beauty. 
Addi*in, Works (ed. Bonn), I. 388. 
Every case In which copies of the original letters can be 
compared with the revised editions put out by the writers. 
fttubbt, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 127. 
(ff) To confuse; disconcert. 
My Aunt is here, and she will put me oul: you know I 
cannot dance before her. 
Wyrheilei/, Gentleman Dancing- Master, iv. 1. 
Something hns gone wrong, Miss Fanny. I'm afraid. 
You seem put out, and it 's very Incoming, I give you my 
honour. Whyte Melville, White Rose, I. viil. 
(A) To offend. 
You're a c<x>d old brick to be serious, and not put oul 
with me. '/'. Hughe*, Tom Brown at Rugby, ii. 7. 
(1) To lay out. (1) To expend ; spend : as, to put out money. 
(2) To invest ; place at interest. 
He culled his money in, 
Hut the prevailing love of pelf 
Soon split him on the former shelf: 
He put it out again. 
Dryden, tr. of Horace's F.podes, li. 
{}} To dislocate : as, to put out one's ankle. To put out 
of sight. See wV/A/. To put over, (a) (Over, adv.] (1) 
To refer; fiend. 
For the certain knowledge of that truth 
I pitt you ti'er to heaven and to my mother. 
fthat., K. John, I. 1. e-J. 
(2) To defer; postpone: as, the court put over the cause to 
the next term. (:it) To transfer; makeover; assign. 
If he intends to come hither, it were good he sold bis 
land, and paid his sister her tluo, which he promised 
when I put on r his land to him. 
(Tin/Amp, Hist. New England, I. 4:*. 
(4) To knock over; kill. | Australia.] 
"I wouldn't lose that pistol for five pounds," he said, 
"Xo nor more. I should never have one like It again. 
I've put mter a parrot at twenty yards with it." 
//. Kingnley, Geoffry Hamlyn, p. 41i 
(ft) [Orcr, prep.] (1) To place In authority over. (2) To 
transport across ; ferry or carry across. 
Cattle . . . which came late, and could not be put orer 
the river, lived very well all the winter without any hay. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 21. 
To put the ax in the helve, the boot on the wrong 
leg, the cart before the horse. See ax\, tmoti, cart. 
To put the case. See eiwtgl, and put the cane, above. To 
put the change on or upont. See change. To put the 
fool onorupont. See /oof>. To put the hand to (or 
unto). () To take hold of; begin ; undertake. 
Ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto. 
Dent. xlL 7. 
(b) To take or seize, as in theft; steal. 
If the thief he not found, then the master of the house 
shall he brought unto the judges, to see whether he have 
put hit liaiul unto his neighbour's goods. Ex. xxil. s. 
To put the helm down. See Mtn\. To put the last 
or finishing hand to. Sec hand. To put this and 
that together, to draw a conclusion from certain cir- 
cumstances ; think of two related facts and form an opin- 
ion thereon ; infer from given premises. 
Putting this and that together combining tinder the 
head "this 'present appearances, . . . and ranging under 
the head "that" the visit to his sister the watchman 
reported to Miss Peecher his strong suspicions. 
I tick? us. Our Mutual Friend, IL 11. 
To put through, to carry or conduct to a successful ter- 
mination : as, the measure was put through without hesi- 
tation. 
That was the way he put her through 
"There 1 ." said the Deacon, "naow shell dew!" 
0. W. Bolmei, The Deacon's Masterpiece. 
To put to (or unto), (o) [To, adv.] a) To add ; unlfe. 
I muste a-bide al manere aventure, 
For I may not put too, nor take away. 
Political Poem*, etc. (ed. Furnlvall), p. 70. 
(2) To put forth ; apply ; use. 
If the Iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then 
must he put to more strength. Eccl. x. 10. 
\Vho shall put-to his power 
To draw those virtues out of a flood of humours 
Where they are drown M, and make 'em shine again? 
Beau, and Fl., King and no King, Iv. 2. 
(o) {To, prep.) (1) To add to; unite with. 
Whatsoever God doeth, it shall he for ever ; nothing can 
be put ta it, nor any thing taken from it. Eccl. ill. 14. 
put 
(2) To drive ; force ; Impel : as, to be put to one's shift 
(3) To send, bring, or consign to. 
Such as were taken on either side were put to the sword 
or to the halter. Clarendon, Great Rebellion. 
They put him to the cudgel fiercely. 
S. Iluller. Hndlhnu, III. L 1148. 
(4) To expose to ; refer to. 
Having lost two of their bravest commander* at sea, they 
durst not put It to a battle at sea. Bacon. 
When our universal state 
Was put to hazard. 
l>r>iden. tr. of Ovld'i Metamorph., L 
(5) To limit or confine to. 
If there be twenty ways to tome poor village, 
I i strange that virtue should be put ta one. 
Middleton, (lame at Cheat, II. 1. 
To put to a stand, to death, to earth, to prentice. See 
the nouns. To put together, to unite; place in juxta- 
position or combination. To put to rights. See riyht. 
To put to the blush, to (the) foil', to the horn, to 
the rack, to trial, etc. Mee the nouns.- To put two 
and two together. Same as to p<it thit ami thai together. 
To put up. (at) To bear or miller without protest or 
resentment ; para unnoticed or unavenged ; overlook : 
now, to put up icilh. 
Take my armour off quickly, 'twill make him swoon. 1 
fear ; he is not fit to look on i that will put up a blow. 
/;. Jotaon, Every Man in his Humour, v. 1. 
Every Ixxly tells me I am the properest gentleman In the 
town, and I put It up; for the truth Is, I dare not give any 
one the lie. Shirley, Love Tricks, II. 1. 
(M) To send forth or shoot up, as plants. 
Hartshorn . . . mixed with dung and watered puttrth 
up mushrooms. Bacon. 
(c) To offer. 
I cannot see how he will escape that heathenish Battol- 
ogle of multiplying words which Christ himselfc, that hu 
the putting upot our Pralers, told u would not be accept- 
able In heaven. Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remonst. 
The itinerant bookseller evaded, or endeavours to evade, 
the payment of an auctioneer's licence, by putting up his 
books at a high price, and himself decreasing the terms. 
Mai/heir, London labour and I ondon Poor, I. 323. 
(d) To start from a cover : as, to ptil up a hare. 
In town, whilst I am following one character, lam crossed 
in my way by another, and put up such a variety of odd 
creatures in both sexes that they foil the scent of one an- 
other, and puzzle the chase. Addition, Spectator. 
I started off on a walk through the country a short one 
incited thereto by the possibility of putting up a deer, or 
slaying a jackal. B'. //. HusseU, IHary In India, I. UK). 
(c) To hoard. 
Himself never put up any of the rent Spelman. 
(/) To pack ; store up, as for preservation : as, to put up 
beef or pork in casks. 
Xot any of them would eate a bit with him, but put rp 
all the remainder in Baskets. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, I. mi. 
(i/) To put Into its ordinary place when not in use, as a 
sword in its scabbard, or a purse In the pocket 
Faith, we may /"/' "/' our pipes, and be gone. 
Shak., R. and J., Iv. R. n. 
Put thy sword up, traitor. Shale., Tempest, L 2. 4flO. 
She put up her spectacles, shut the Bible, anil pushed 
her chair back from the table. 
Charlotte Brontr, Jane Eyre, xxlv. 
(A) To accommodate with lodging : as, I can put you up 
for a night. 
I'se warrant yell be weel put up ; for they never turn 
awa' naebody frae the door. Scott, Guy Mannerlng, t 
(t) To post as a candidate ; nominate for election. 
Soon after this debate Pitt's name was imi up by Fox at 
Brookes'!. Macaulay, William Pitt 
To put upon, see (o put on. To put UP to, to give 
information respecting ; make acquainted with ; explain : 
teach : as, hepvf me up to a thing or two ; we were put up 
to the trick or dodge. I Slang. ] = Byn. Put, Set. Lay, Place. 
Put is a very indefinite word, with a wide range of idio- 
matic uses. Set has also a wide range ; It suggests fixed- 
ness, especially of something upright : as, to net a vase or 
lamp on the table, or a chair by the table. /."// suggests 
a horizontal position : as, to lay one's self down ; to lay a 
knife or book on the table. Place suggests definlteness of 
location : as, to place one's finger on the spot 
II. intrans. 1. To go or move; especially, 
to go quickly; hasten. 
In fibrous [roots] . . . the sap dellghteth more In the 
earth, and therefore pvttfth downward. 
Boron, \t. Hist. I 8, vL 
Stay in your place, know your own strength, and put not 
Beyond the sphere of your activity. 
B. Jonfon, Devil ls an Ass, I. 1. 
2. To direct one's course ; turn. 
His fury thus appeased, he putt to land. 
Drydm, .-Eneld, vl. 564. 
3f. To make an effort ; try ; endeavor. 
If It be possible 
That an arch villain may ever he recover'd. 
This penitent rascal will put hard. 
Fletcher (and another\ False One, Iv. S. 
4t. To put the case ; suppose. 
Lat us now putte that ye ban leve. 
Chaucer, Tale of Melibens. 
To put about, to go about; turn hack; change or re- 
verse one's course. To put at, to throw with an upward 
and forward motion of the arm. 
