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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of put.

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Examples

  • ” Some one “seconds the motion, ” when the one who made the motion puts it to vote (or, as it is called, “puts the question”), as already described under a “mass meeting” [69]; and, as in that case, when the chairman is elected he takes the chair and announces, as the first business in order, the election of a secretary.

    12. Organization and Meetings. 70. A Permanent Society Henry Martyn 1915

  • I think about the words of prophets like Isaiah and Mary and Gandhi and Martin, and I really believe that their words and the Word puts on flesh and lives among us as we are inspired to do great and compassionate and loving things to and for one another.

    The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D.: The Gift Of Love Ph.D. The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis 2011

  • I think about the words of prophets like Isaiah and Mary and Gandhi and Martin, and I really believe that their words and the Word puts on flesh and lives among us as we are inspired to do great and compassionate and loving things to and for one another.

    The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D.: The Gift Of Love Ph.D. The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis 2011

  • I think about the words of prophets like Isaiah and Mary and Gandhi and Martin, and I really believe that their words and the Word puts on flesh and lives among us as we are inspired to do great and compassionate and loving things to and for one another.

    The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D.: The Gift Of Love Ph.D. The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis 2011

  • I think about the words of prophets like Isaiah and Mary and Gandhi and Martin, and I really believe that their words and the Word puts on flesh and lives among us as we are inspired to do great and compassionate and loving things to and for one another.

    The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D.: The Gift Of Love Ph.D. The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis 2011

  • These collections are available for sale as limited-edition 3″ CDs from fallt, but the label puts the files online for free.

    Disquiet » Behind the 8bit 2002

  • Sometimes, however, cognitive recognition merely implies the placing of an individual in some general social category, but in a context where any member of the category can play a crucial role, as, for example, when pickpockets recognize a plainclothesman who is personally unknown to them, thereby, as the argot puts it, “making him on his merits.”

    Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963

  • As its names implies, the title puts players in the body of a teddy bear bent on exacting revenge upon those who've wronged him.

    GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010

  • The title puts the players in the role of a mercenary leader who guides his employees on the battlefield while also managing the business side of the operations.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Andrei Dumitrescu 2010

  • Honestly, the title puts practically (all) the women in the same basket and not to mention that the way the subject is treated is nothing less of biased.

    AskMen.com - HOME PAGE 2009

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