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  1. 1. v. t. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To reduce; to throw. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. i. To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice. Source: opted
  10. 10. n. The apparation of a living person; a wraith. Source: opted
  11. 11. n. the action of fetching Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. go or come after and bring or take back Source: wordnet

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