Have /(hăv)/

Have

v. t.

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.
    — Keats.
  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?
    — Ld. Lytton.
  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.
    — 2 Sam. vi. 22.
  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.
    — Earle.
  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.

Phrases & Compounds

To have a care
to take care; to be on one's guard.
To have (a man) out
to engage (one) in a duel.
To have done
See under Do, v. i.
To have it out
to speak freely; to bring an affair to a conclusion.
To have on
to wear.
To have to do with
See under Do, v. t.