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||Haut`pas" (h`p‰"), n. [F. haut high + pas step.] A raised part of the ||floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See ||Dais.

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Ha"¸y*nite (‰"w*nt), n. [From the French mineralogist Ha¸y.] (Min.) A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcanic rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime.

Ha*van"a (h*vn"), a. Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n. An Havana cigar.

Young Frank Clavering stole his father's Havannahs, and . . . smoked them in the stable.

Thackeray.

Hav`an*ese" (hv`n*z" or - s"), a. Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant, or the people, of Havana.

Have (hv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Had (hd); p. pr. & vb. n. Having. Indic. present, I have, thou hast, he has; we, ye, they have.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. hÊfde, p. p. gehÊfd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries. hebba, OHG. habn, 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.

I 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. "The stars have us to bed." Herbert. "Have out all men from me." 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.

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