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Put \Put\ (put; often p[u^]t in def. 3), v. i.
   1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.]
      --Bacon.
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   2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
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            His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden.
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   3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
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   {To put about} (Naut.), to change direction; to tack.

   {To put back} (Naut.), to turn back; to return. "The French .
      . . had put back to Toulon." --Southey.

   {To put forth}.
      (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. "Take earth from under
          walls where nettles put forth." --Bacon.
      (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak.

   {To put in} (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port.

   {To put in for}.
      (a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share
          of profits.
      (b) To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a
          hawk.
      (c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for.
          --Locke.

   {To put off}, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as
      a ship; to move from the shore.

   {To put on}, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently.

   {To put over} (Naut.), to sail over or across.

   {To put to sea} (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to
      advance into the ocean.

   {To put up}.
      (a) To take lodgings; to lodge.
      (b) To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange.

   {To put up to}, to advance to. [Obs.] "With this he put up to
      my lord." --Swift.

   {To put up with}.
      (a) To overlook, or suffer without recompense, punishment,
          or resentment; as, to put up with an injury or
          affront.
      (b) To take without opposition or expressed
          dissatisfaction; to endure; as, to put up with bad
          fare.
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