Thesaurus: bought
A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent.
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Definitions
- n. A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent.
- n. The part of a sling that contains the stone.
- imp. & p. p. of Buy.
- p. a. Purchased; bribed.
- imp. & p. p. of Buy
- 1. A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent. [Obs.] Spenser. The boughts of the fore legs. Sir T. Browne. 2. The part of a sling that contains the stone. [Obs.] imp. & p. p. of Buy. Purchased; bribed.
- v obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction v make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence v be worth or be capable of buying v acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange v accept as true