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(1):

(v. t.) To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; - often with up.

(2):

(v. i.) To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.

(3):

(v. t.) To live by theft.

(4):

(v. t.) To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

(5):

(n.) A handle.

(6):

(n.) Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.

(7):

(n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.

(8):

(v. i.) To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

(9):

(n.) The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.

(10):

(n.) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

(11):

(n.) A layer of leather in the heel.

(12):

(n.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.

(13):

(n.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; - used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

(14):

(n.) A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.

(15):

(n.) A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.

(16):

(n.) An exercising machine.

(17):

(v. t.) To bear; to support.

(18):

(n.) That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted

(19):

(n.) The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

(20):

(v. t.) To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; - said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.

(21):

(v. t.) To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.

(22):

(n.) Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lift'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lift.html. 1828.
 
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