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To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.

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  1. v. t. To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
  2. v. hamper the progress of; impede
  3. v. create a short circuit in
  4. v. avoid something unpleasant or laborious
  5. To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
  6. To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any twopoints of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
  7. v. hamper the progress of; impede v. create a short circuit in