Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bend; fold; wind.
- Preterit and past participle of buy.
- noun A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.
- noun A bend or curve in a coast-line. See
bight . - noun A bend, flexure, turn, loop, coil, or knot, as in a rope or chain, or in a serpent; a fold in cloth. See
bout . - noun Same as
bught .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
buy . - adjective Purchased; bribed.
- noun obsolete A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the
boughts of a serpent. - noun obsolete The part of a sling that contains the stone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A bend;
flexure ; curve; a hollowangle . - noun obsolete A
bend orhollow in a human or animal body. - noun obsolete A
curve orbend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature. - noun obsolete The part of a
sling that contains thestone . - noun obsolete A
fold ,bend , orcoil in a tail, snake's body etc. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
buy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fred -- dear Fred -- who has been true and faithful to the last -- reminded me that I had previously been bought with the blood of Jesus -- that I have been _twice bought_!
Twice Bought 1859
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I do not know how it is with you, gentlemen; but I will own, that to me, ducks and geese got in this innocent, game-like way, taste sweeter than when they are bought in the market-hall: our own supper for to-night was a _bought_ supper, but it has become the victim of a little enlargement of the practice I have mentioned. "
Satanstoe James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Yesterday I wrote an entry about the mysterious piece of equipment Todd Lappin bought from a Navy surplus sale.
- Boing Boing 2005
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Grammar he saw no use for, and did not bother himself with it; but, curiously enough, he was delighted with geography and toward the end of the term bought a copy of Cornell's text-book, which was then used in
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The one my brother bought is a great gun, and i think if i had to do it again i would have passed on the savage for the Tikka.
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The one my brother bought is a great gun, and i think if i had to do it again i would have passed on the savage for the Tikka.
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He might have made his favourite niece Queen of England; but his Italian caution restrained him, and the beautiful Hortense has to put up with a new-made duke -- a title bought with her uncle's money -- to whom the Cardinal affianced her on his death-bed.
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Neapolitan army, had married at an advanced age a beautiful, accomplished and rich heiress, the daughter of some contractor; it was "a mariage de convenance," a title bought by wealth and beauty.
Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People Dr. Henri Blanc 1871
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Franklin bought rights to the ARB-certified Healy EVR.
First Amendment fails to justify dismissing false advertising allegations Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Oh, well ... these are the things that I bought from the shop ...
Do you believe in fairies? Jerine 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word bought
"A bend, flexure, turn, loop, coil, or knot, as in a rope or chain, or in a serpent; a fold in cloth."
--from the Century Dictionary
April 7, 2011