'To have done' definitions:
Definition of 'To have done'
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]
Definition of 'To have done'
From: GCIDE
- Do \Do\, v. i.
- 1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self. [1913 Webster]
- They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . . the law and commandment. -- 2 Kings xvii. 34. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day? [1913 Webster]
- 3. [Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of use, AS. dugan. See Doughty.] To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do. [1913 Webster]
- You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that won't do; challenge the crown. -- Collier. [1913 Webster]
- To do by. See under By.
- To do for. (a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit. (b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their victim is stabbed and done for. --Thackeray.
- To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] "I could not do withal." --Shak.
- To do without, to get along without; to dispense with.
- To have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have finished; to be quit; to desist.
- To have done with, to have completed; to be through with; to have no further concern with.
- Well to do, in easy circumstances. [1913 Webster]