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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Have \Have\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Had}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Having}. Indic. present, I {have}, thou {hast}, he {has};
      we, ye, they {have}.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf.
      h[91]fde, p. p. geh[91]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben,
      OFries, hebba, OHG. hab[?]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.
  
      2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected
            with, or affects, one.
  
                     The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. --Shak.
  
                     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?                                             --Shak.
  
      4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. --Shak.
  
      5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire;
            to require.
  
                     It had the church accurately described to me. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
                     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. [bd]The stars have us to
            bed.[b8] --Herbert. [bd]Have out all men from me.[b8] --2
            Sam. xiii. 9.
  
      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.
  
      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.                              --M. Arnold.
  
                     The laws of philology have to be established by
                     external comparison and induction.   --Earle.
  
      11. To understand.
  
                     You have me, have you not?               --Shak.
  
      12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of;
            as, that is where he had him. [Slang]
  
      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.
  
                        Myself for such a face had boldly died.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      {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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Having \Hav"ing\, n.
      Possession; goods; estate.
  
               I 'll lend you something; my having is not much.
                                                                              --Shak.
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