'To have a care' definitions:
Definition of 'To have a care'
From: GCIDE
- Have \Have\ (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Had (h[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Having. Indic. present, I have, thou hast, he has; we, ye, they have.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries. hebba, OHG. hab[=e]n, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. avoir. Cf. Able, Avoirdupois, Binnacle, Habit.]
- 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one. [1913 Webster]
- The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He had a fever late. --Keats. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To accept possession of; to take or accept. [1913 Webster]
- Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require. [1913 Webster]
- I had the church accurately described to me. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also? --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To hold, regard, or esteem. [1913 Webster]
- Of them shall I be had in honor. --2 Sam. vi. 22. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To cause or force to go; to take. "The stars have us to bed." --Herbert. "Have out all men from me." --2 Sam. xiii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 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. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive. [1913 Webster]
- Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
- 11. To understand. [1913 Webster]
- You have me, have you not? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- Note: Have, as an auxiliary verb, is used with the past participle to form preterit tenses; as, I have loved; I shall have eaten. Originally it was used only with the participle of transitive verbs, and denoted the possession of the object in the state indicated by the participle; as, I have conquered him, I have or hold him in a conquered state; but it has long since lost this independent significance, and is used with the participles both of transitive and intransitive verbs as a device for expressing past time. Had is used, especially in poetry, for would have or should have. [1913 Webster]
- Myself for such a face had boldly died. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 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 (with). 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.
- Syn: To possess; to own. See Possess. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To have a care'
- Care,
- Cared,
- Careful,
- Carefully,
- Carefulness,
- Caring,
- To care for,
- be careful,
- care for,
- not care for,
- Not to care a rap,
- To take care,
- To take care of,
- camera care,
- car care,
- care a hang,
- care delivery,
- care of souls,
- cared-for,
- child care,
- day care,
- dental care,
- due care,
- foster care,
- give care,
- great care,
- hair care,
- health care,
- hospital care,
- intensive care,
- medical care,
- nursing care,
- ordinary care,
- personal care,
- primary care,
- reasonable care,
- skin care,
- slight care,
- take care,
- take care of,
- too-careful,
- Care-tuned,
- Devil may care,
- care-laden,
- coronary care unit,
- day care center,
- extended care facility,
- health care delivery,
- health care provider,
- intensive care unit,
- primary care physician,
- primary care provider,
- primary health care,
- tender loving care,
- casualty care research center,
- devil-may-care,
- neonatal intensive care unit