Have /(hăv)/

imp. & p. p. Had; p. pr. & vb. n. Having

1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.
2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one.

   The earth hath bubbles, as the water has.

   He had a fever late.

3. To accept possession of; to take or accept.

   Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me?

4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get.
5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.

   I had the church accurately described to me.

   Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also?

6. To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
7. To hold, regard, or esteem.

   Of them shall I be had in honor.

8. To cause or force to go; to take.
9. To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion.
10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.

    Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist.

    The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction.

11. To understand.

    You have me, have you not?

12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him. [Slang]

    Myself for such a face had boldly died.