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1923 film
Held to Answer is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring House Peters. It was based on the novel Held to Answer (1916)
Held_to_Answer
U.S. anti-war, civil rights coalition
Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), also known as International A.N.S.W.E.R. and the ANSWER Coalition, is a United States–based protest umbrella
A.N.S.W.E.R.
1791 amendment enumerating due process rights
witnesses decline to answer questions where the answers might incriminate them. In the 1966 landmark case Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court held that the Self-Incrimination
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Formal accusation that someone committed a crime
the United States Constitution states in part: "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment
Indictment
American Christian apologist and pastor (born 1954)
Give Me an Answer, he is the senior pastor of Grace Community Church in New Canaan, Connecticut. Since the late 1970s, Knechtle has held open-air question-and-answer
Cliffe_Knechtle
1791 amendment regulating forms of punishment
Collins (1994): "The Fifth Amendment provides that "[n]o person shall be held to answer for a capital . . . crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
2012 Indian film by Reema Kagti
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (transl. Search) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir psychological thriller film written and directed by Reema Kagti
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within
Talaash:_The_Answer_Lies_Within
British court case
care. Though a duty of care with regard to water and animals had already been established. ‘A man is held to answer for the act of his servant or of his
Beaulieu_v_Finglam
Sequential order of public offices held by politicians in Ancient Rome
sole exception to the Roman legal principles of having multiple magistrates in the same office and being legally able to be held to answer for actions in
Cursus_honorum
Online question and answer forum owned by Yahoo!
Yahoo! Answers was a community-driven question-and-answer (Q&A) website or knowledge market owned by Yahoo! where users would ask questions and answer those
Yahoo_Answers
American lawyer (born 1955)
at which she would later invoke the Fifth Amendment to "not be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime." Baskins was never charged by
Ann_Baskins
American actress (1866–1955)
Garrison's Finish (1923) The Man Life Passed By (1923) St. Elmo (1923) Held to Answer (1923) Those Who Dance (1924) The Perfect Flapper (1924) Racing for
Lydia_Knott
American actress
Hunch (1921) Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922) Night Life in Hollywood (1922) Held to Answer (1923) Changing Husbands (1924) The Fire Patrol (1924) Merton of the
Gale_Henry
1986 novel by Truman Capote
epigraph, "More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones", attributed to Saint Teresa of Avila. According to Random House senior editor Joseph
Answered_Prayers
American teen who died in a vehicle seat entrapment
to attend. The experience led to the creation of the Kyle Plush Answer the Call (KPATC) Foundation. The organization was formed shortly afterward to support
Death_of_Kyle_Plush
Process by which people are asked to respond to an invitation
receiving an answer will be taken as an acceptance. It is used in cases where most invitations are assumed to be accepted and is meant to reduce the amount
RSVP
Poem by William Blake
Answer" is a poem by William Blake within his larger collection called Songs of Innocence and of Experience (published 1794). It is the response to the
Earth's_Answer
2009 American film
The Answer Man (previously titled The Dream of the Romans and Arlen Faber) is a 2009 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John Hindman
The_Answer_Man_(film)
Italian-American wrestler
(1921) The Foolish Age (1921) Crazy to Marry (1921) The Timber Queen (1922) Gay and Devilish (1922) Held to Answer (1923) Breaking Into Society (1923)
Bull_Montana
2009 young-adult science fiction novel by Patrick Ness
The Ask and the Answer is a 2009 young-adult science fiction novel written by British-American author Patrick Ness. It was published on 4 May 2009 by Walker
The_Ask_and_the_Answer
Canadian actor (1870–1937)
from Downing Street (1922) Crashin' Thru (1923) The Bond Boy (1923) Held to Answer (1923) East Side - West Side (1923) Name the Man (1924) The Lighthouse
Charles_Hill_Mailes
Lower house of the Parliament of India
international spheres. Every minister whose turn it is to answer questions has to stand up and answer for his department's acts of omission or commission
Lok_Sabha
1896 United States Supreme Court case
it conflicted with the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which states that "no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or other infamous crime
Wong_Wing_v._United_States
Detention after arrest and charge until a trial
declaration of a state of emergency can suspend the right to habeas corpus. No person shall be held to answer for any capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless
Pre-trial_detention
Compilation album by South Korean boy group BTS
Love Yourself: Answer (stylized as LOVE YOURSELF 結 'Answer') is the third Korean-language compilation album by South Korean boy band BTS. The album was
Love_Yourself:_Answer
South Korean singer and actor (born 1999)
was announced that Park would be making a comeback with his sixth EP The Answer with the title track "Nitro" on October 12, 2022. On September 30, he pre-released
Park_Ji-hoon
Episode in the Hindu epic Mahabharata
crane warned him, he realised that the crane held the answer to the turn of events, and agreed to answer its questions. The crane then revealed itself
Yaksha_Prashna
American state constitution
because of race, religious principles or ancestry. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or
Constitution_of_Hawaii
Greek philosopher (c. 470–399 BC)
interlocutors examine a subject in the style of question and answer; they gave rise to the Socratic dialogue literary genre. Contradictory accounts of
Socrates
American actor and director (1872–1935)
The Wild Party (1923) Trifling with Honor (1923), as The Kid's Father Held to Answer (1923), as The Organist (as Robert Daly) Ride for Your Life (1924),
William_Robert_Daly
1927 cinema fire in Montreal, Quebec
chose." 1920s portal Canada portal List of disasters in Canada "Three Held to Answer for 78 Panic Deaths". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2 November 2015
Laurier_Palace_Theatre_fire
American actor
World in 18 Days (1923) as Davis Crooked Alley (1923) as Judge Milnar Held to Answer (1923) as The Judge (as Thomas Guise) Stepping Fast (1923) as Quentin
Tom_Guise
South Korean boy band
Yourself: Answer (2018) becoming the first Korean album certified Platinum by the RIAA; in the same year, they also became the first all-South Korean act to reach
BTS
American Baptist evangelist (1918–2018)
of Happiness (1955, 1985) Billy Graham Talks to Teenagers (1958) My Answer (1960) Billy Graham Answers Your Questions (1960) World Aflame (1965) The
Billy_Graham
American writer
teachers to claim their rightful place as Christians." Evans, Rachel Held (2010), Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask
Rachel_Held_Evans
English theoretical physicist (1942–2018)
happens to the information held by objects once they disappear into a black hole". Also in October, Hawking's last book was published, Brief Answers to the
Stephen_Hawking
Science fiction series
supercomputer, Deep Thought. Deep Thought had been built by its creators to give the answer to the "Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", which
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
American television quiz show
question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. Rather than being given questions, contestants are instead given general knowledge clues in the form of answers and
Jeopardy!
Controversy in conduct of NEET(UG) 2024
superintendent, instructed students not to answer questions they didn’t know, promising to fill in the answers. Five people were arrested, and it was discovered
2024_NEET_controversy
Constituent polity of the United States
25, 2013. Moses, Ray; Dally, Carl E.F. (1966). "Interstate Extradition to Answer Criminal Charges". Texas Law Journal. 9: 166. Adam Liptak (March 17, 2004)
U.S._state
Search engine from Google
able to answer "roughly one-third" of the 100 billion monthly searches Google processed in May 2016. The information is often used as a spoken answer in
Google_Search
School education board in India
for answer sheet photocopies even though the board already has all the answer sheets of all the students scanned. Due to this the board decided to significantly
Central Board of Secondary Education
Central_Board_of_Secondary_Education
American fitness instructor and television personality (1948–2024)
began by personally answering fan mail he received as a cast member of General Hospital. As late as 2008, he personally answered emails and letters and
Richard_Simmons
1985 United States Supreme Court case
same illegal act. The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States says: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous
Heath_v._Alabama
Professional network website
allowed users to post questions to their network and allowed users to rank answers. In 2014, LinkedIn retired InMaps, a feature which allowed you to visualize
Act of obstructing the US Congress's work
House or Senate, brought to the floor of the chamber, held to answer charges by the presiding officer, and then subjected to punishment as the chamber
Contempt_of_Congress
Apostle of Jesus
the Writings of the Fathers down to AD 325, vol. 12, p. 451 "What Was Up with St. Peter's Wife?". Catholic Answers. Pagels 2005, p. 45. Lüdemann & Özen
Saint_Peter
British television quiz show
incorrect answer the contestant leaves with whatever prize is guaranteed by the last safety net they passed, unless they opt to walk away before answering with
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)
Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire?_(British_game_show)
1882–1922 American newspaper
Monday at Fall River, Mass. Lizzie Borden, a young woman of 27 years, is held to answer for the murder of her father, Andrew J. Borden, 68 years of age, and
Washington_Bee
American judge (1807–1862)
Smith traveled to New Orleans in November 1850, where the trial was to be held, to answer the charges in person. The trial lasted for several months, culminating
Cotesworth_P._Smith
elections would be held. This answered the concerns of the protesters and they declared a success. Afterward, the committee of 20 returned to Mosaddegh's mansion
1950 Iranian legislative election
1950_Iranian_legislative_election
Communist party in the United States
PSL Central Committee can appoint up to "40 percent" of Congress delegates. When ANSWER was founded, many of ANSWER's lead organizers were members of the
Party for Socialism and Liberation
Party_for_Socialism_and_Liberation
Question-and-answer website
question-and-answer website and online knowledge market headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was founded on June 25, 2009, and made available to the
Quora
1967 single by Ed Ames
"Who Will Answer?", released as a single in November 1967, is the title track from the 1968 album Who Will Answer? by the adult contemporary singer Ed
Who_Will_Answer?_(song)
Sharma, "Madhva's tripartite classification of souls makes it unnecessary to answer the problem of evil". Karma David Buchta (1879). Matthew R. Dasti and
Problem_of_evil_in_Hinduism
President of Ukraine since 2019
with you. Do Russians want war? I would very much like to answer this question. But the answer depends only on you, the citizens of the Russian Federation
Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
2021 trial in the US Senate
counted. Van der Veen, however, refused to answer the question on the basis that his judgment was "irrelevant" to the proceeding, causing a ruckus on the
Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump
Second_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump
1922 United States Supreme Court case
Constitution would therefore apply, as would its ban on individuals being held to answer for infamous crimes without indictment or presentment by a grand jury
United_States_v._Moreland
US Supreme Court justice from 1993 to 2020
Frankfurter was the first nominee to answer questions before Congress in 1939. The issue of how much nominees are expected to answer arose during hearings for
Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
American state constitution
excessive bail be required nor excessive fines imposed. No person shall be held to answer for any crime, punishable by death or life imprisonment, unless upon
Constitution_of_Connecticut
questions to party primary voters, and the Georgia Republican Party put eight. The questions are nonbinding, and voters are only able to answer one slate
2026 Georgia political party advisory election
2026_Georgia_political_party_advisory_election
Deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history
we have been able to answer are the questions of who, what, when, where and how... what we have not been able to definitively answer is why Stephen Paddock
2017_Las_Vegas_shooting
Notification given by U.S. police to criminal suspects on their rights while in custody
from self-incrimination; that is, their right to refuse to answer questions or provide information to law enforcement or other officials. Named for the
Miranda_warning
American business executive (1935–2020)
video conferences, Welch created many video responses to messages on bulletin boards and answered individual emails. His investment in the university was
Jack_Welch
1926 opera by Giacomo Puccini
cold-hearted Princess Turandot. In order to win her hand in marriage, a suitor must solve three riddles, with a wrong answer resulting in his execution. Calaf
Turandot
Large international exhibition
large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world
World's_fair
American columnist, author and lecturer (born 1946)
that added to the printed version by resolving controversial answers, correcting mistakes, expanding answers, reposting previous answers, and solving
Marilyn_vos_Savant
Human-guided search engine
an American human-guided search engine that provided free, real-time answers to any question, through its website, or by using one of the company's mobile
ChaCha_(search_engine)
American actress
Publishing Co. p. 274. ISBN 9780878339112. "Spielberg, Steven – Fun Facts, Answers, Factoids, Info, Information". Funtrivia.com. Archived from the original
Kate_Capshaw
overall proportionality of results. Includes abstention and no answer responses Polling related to 2026 South African municipal elections "Elections | South
Next South African general election
Next_South_African_general_election
Philosophical and spiritual question
believe in different answers to this question. Opinions vary on the usefulness of using time and resources in the pursuit of an answer. Excessive pondering
Meaning_of_life
Basketball player selection
NBA draft was held on November 18, 2020. The draft was originally scheduled to be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 25, but due to the COVID-19
2020_NBA_draft
Overall professional head of the Indian Armed Forces
Answering Parliament on all affairs exclusively related to the armed forces. Facilitating the restructuring of service-specific military commands to ensure
Chief of Defence Staff (India)
Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(India)
Jamaican-American reggae musician (born 1968)
answer record to It Wasn't Me ("Son of a Bit@h") that also saw chart action. Hot Shot debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and would go on to be
Shaggy_(musician)
Indian politician and lawyer (born 1945)
"clean chit" to Jagdish Tytler. Singh, who wrote for the Hindi daily newspaper Dainik Jagaran was dissatisfied with Chidamabaram's answer to a question
P._Chidambaram
Supreme being in theistic belief systems
relating to the existence and nature of God, are non-empirical and are the proper domain of theology. The methods of science should then be used to answer any
God
Knowledge base to enhance search results
that it held 70 billion facts and answered "roughly one-third" of the 100 billion monthly searches they handled. By May 2020, this had grown to 500 billion
Knowledge_Graph_(Google)
Musical ensemble led by Van McCoy
Record World editor Dede Dabney's Dede's Ditties to Watch list. On the week of 29 June, "Love is the Answer" debuted at no. 50 in the Billboard Top 50 Easy
Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony
Van_McCoy_&_the_Soul_City_Symphony
Largest city in New Zealand
who answered that they had no religion were 42.7%, and 6.0% of people did not answer the census question. In 2007, immigration from Asia has added to the
Auckland
American serial killer (born 1976)
affair with landlord Mark Durbin who was the last person to see Ellerin alive. When she did not answer the door, Kutcher, who had arrived late after watching
Michael_Gargiulo
1981 book about negotiation methods by Roger Fisher
of the book provide answers to three questions about the method of principled negotiation. The second and third editions answer ten other questions about
Getting_to_Yes
Evangelical Christian term
"Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother's womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God
Born_again
School examination in Russia
consists of two parts: Part 1 includes tasks where students need to provide a single answer. Part 2 requires detailed, open-ended responses. The total duration
Basic_State_Exam
is essentially a dilettante when it comes to causes such as the search for the question to the ultimate answer of "life, the universe, and everything."
List of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy characters
List_of_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_characters
American program with college-level classes offered to high school students
computer, and since 2011, points are no longer deducted for incorrect answers. The free-response component is scored by trained readers at the AP Reading
Advanced_Placement
Hypothetical end-of-the-world scenario
and the new technology's proponents must be held accountable. An early exploration of a concept similar to gray goo appears in Stanisław Lem's 1964 novel
Gray_goo
Government of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945
catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all
Churchill_war_ministry
1896 United States Supreme Court case
its amendments. The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous
Talton_v._Mayes
Recall election in US state
questions: whether to recall Newsom as governor, and which candidate should replace Newsom as governor if he were recalled. All voters could answer the second
2021 California gubernatorial recall election
2021_California_gubernatorial_recall_election
Music museum in Cleveland, Ohio, US
Museum's Foster Theater. The interviews are usually followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience and, often, a performance by the inductee. A similar
Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame
Christian movement
maintained it all must be judged according to the Scriptures. The Swiss Anabaptist document titled "Answer of Some Who Are Called (Ana-)Baptists – Why
Anabaptism
Head of government of the United Kingdom
minister Harold Macmillan answered questions for between 15 minutes from 3.15 pm to 3.30 pm as an experiment. Since 1997 PMQs were held every Wednesdays at
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
English politician, author and philosopher (1478–1535)
with An Answer to Sir T. More's Dialogue (1530), and More replied with his Confutation of Tyndale's Answer (1532). More also wrote or contributed to several
Thomas_More
How one process influences another
which Aristotle meant "explanation" or "answer to a 'why' question". Aristotle categorized the four types of answers as material, formal, efficient, and final
Causality
American scientist and science communicator (1934–1996)
differential ability to answer questions. He noted: "It's a stimulating exercise to think of questions to which no human today knows the answers, but where a
Carl_Sagan
American professional wrestling promotion
(September 14, 2018). "The Battle of Los Angeles: Professional wrestling's answer to Sundance". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved January 2, 2019. Satin, Ryan (November
All_Elite_Wrestling
Semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
change in approach, or return to "nature", rather than action. Technology may bring about a false sense of progress. The answer provided by Laozi is not the
Laozi
Test of a machine's ability to imitate human intelligence
results would not depend on the machine's ability to answer questions correctly, only on how closely its answers resembled those of a human. Since the Turing
Turing_test
Referendum held in Scotland
Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. The referendum question was "Should Scotland be an independent country?", which voters answered with "Yes"
2014 Scottish independence referendum
2014_Scottish_independence_referendum
Invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with a deity
many different answers to prayer, just as there are many ways to interpret an answer to a question, if there in fact comes an answer. Some traditions
Prayer
HELD TO-ANSWER
HELD TO-ANSWER
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
To Help
Female
Hebrew
(הֵד) Hebrew unisex name HED means either "shout of joy" or "echo."
Surname or Lastname
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from Middle High German, Middle Dutch, Yiddish held ‘hero’. As a Jewish name, it is often ornamental.German : from a short form of any of the Germanic personal names formed with hild ‘strife’ as the first element.English : variant of Heald.
Female
Egyptian
, the wife of the priest Anhur-mes.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Kent)
English (chiefly Kent) : from Middle English heved ‘head’, applied as a nickname for someone with some peculiarity or disproportion of the head, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or at the head of a stream or valley. This surname has long been established in Ireland.
Female
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Hebrew Rachel, RÃHEL means "ewe."
Male
Greek
(Ἡλί) Greek form of Hebrew Eliy, HELI means "ascending." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of the father of Mary's husband Joseph.
Boy/Male
Muslim
To help
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hill, from southeastern Middle English hell ‘hill’, a dialect form characteristic of Kent and Sussex.English : from a personal name, Helle, which may have been a variant of Elie (a Middle English form of Elias), or perhaps a short form of a personal name formed with Hild- as the first element (see Hilliard for example), or perhaps from the female personal name Helen.German : nickname from Middle High German hell ‘bright’, ‘shining’.German : variant of Helle 3.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Group of camels that number from 100 to 200
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old Norse hǫldr, within the Danelaw (the region of pre-conquest England where Danish rule and custom was dominant) a rank of feudal nobility immediately below that of earl.German : nickname from Middle High German holde ‘friend’ or ‘servant’, ‘vassal’.German (Höld) : variant of Held ‘hero’ (see Held 1), found chiefly in Bavaria.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire)
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire) : topographic name for someone who lived on a hillside, from Old English helde, hælde, hielde ‘slope’.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from a short form of Hildebrand or other compound names with the same initial element, hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’.English : from the medieval female personal name Hilda (Old English Hild), representing a short form of compound names with the first element hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’. Compare Hilliard, for example.
Boy/Male
Australian, Swedish
To Help
Girl/Female
German, Swedish
To Help
Boy/Male
Indian
Group of camels that number from to
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : topographic name for someone who lived by or worked at a rough temporary shelter for animals, Middle English helm (Old Norse hjalmr, related to the Old English and Old High German words in 2 below), or a habitational name from a minor place named Helm or Helme from this word, as for example in County Durham, Northumberland, and West Yorkshire.English, German, and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a maker of helmets, from Middle English, Middle High German, Middle Dutch helm.German and Dutch : from a medieval personal name, a short form of any of the various compound names formed with helm ‘helmet’. Compare, e.g., Helmbrecht.Scottish : habitational name from Helme in Roxburghshire (Borders).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Helm ‘helmet’.
Female
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Hulð, HULD means "hidden, obscure, secret."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English wold ‘forest’ or ‘cleared upland’ (see Wald, Wold).Thomas Weld (1596–1661), born in Sudbury, Suffolk, England, was an influential Puritan divine who emigrated from Terling, Essex, to Roxbury, MA, in 1632.
Female
Greek
(ἙλÎνη) Greek name probably derived from the word helénÄ“, HELÉNÄ’ means "torch." In mythology, this is the name of the most beautiful woman ever to exist whose abduction by Paris caused the Trojan war.
HELD TO-ANSWER
HELD TO-ANSWER
Boy/Male
Australian, Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Prosperous Guardian; Similar to Edward; Wealthy Protector; Guardian of Prosperity
Girl/Female
Indian
Girl/Female
Australian, Finnish
Earth Child
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Gilded
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
From Heaven
Boy/Male
Indian
Judge, Honest, Upright, Justice, Sincere, Just
Boy/Male
Australian, Hebrew
Jehovah Increases
Boy/Male
Hindu
Immortal, Long-lived person
Boy/Male
African, German, Indian, Romanian
Rose
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Name of a French Flower
HELD TO-ANSWER
HELD TO-ANSWER
HELD TO-ANSWER
HELD TO-ANSWER
HELD TO-ANSWER
v. t.
To form or put into a herd.
v. t.
To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, "Help me scale yon balcony."
v. i.
To go or point in a certain direction; to tend; as, how does the ship head?
v. t.
To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship.
n.
The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head.
v. i.
To form a head; as, this kind of cabbage heads early.
imp. & p. p.
of Hold
v. i.
To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills.
v. t.
To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.
v. t.
To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to head a nail.
a.
Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.
v. t.
To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?
v. t.
To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot.
v. t.
To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.
v. t.
To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate.
v. t.
To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office.
v. t.
To set on the head; as, to head a cask.
v. t.
To cover or furnish with a helm or helmet.
n.
A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair.