• (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
• physical energy or intensity
• group of people willing to obey orders
• a unit that is part of some military service
• an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
• a group of people having the power of effective action
• (of a law) having legal validity
• a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
verb
• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
• urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
• move with force
• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
• To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken possession of it.
• To resist an officer of the law in the execution of his duty.
• To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken possession of it.
• To resist an officer of the law in the execution of his duty.
• Of or pertaining to a form of financing, typically debt financing, in which the lender's recourse to recovery in the event of default is limited to the collateral asset only.
• (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee
• a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit
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