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10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.

Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist.

M. Arnold.

The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction.

Earle.

11. To understand.

You have me, have you not?

Shak.

12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him. [Slang]

Have, as an auxiliary verb, is used with the past participle to form preterit tenses; as, I have loved; I shall have eaten. Originally it was used only with the participle of transitive verbs, and denoted the possession of the object in the state indicated by the participle; as, I have conquered him, I have or hold him in a conquered state; but it has long since lost this independent significance, and is used with the participles both of transitive and intransitive verbs as a device for expressing past time. Had is used, especially in poetry, for would have or should have.

Myself for such a face had boldly died.

Tennyson.

To have a care, to take care; to be on one's guard. -- To have (a man) out, to engage (one) in a duel. -- To have done (with). See under Do, v. i. -- To have it out, to speak freely; to bring an affair to a conclusion. -- To have on, to wear. - - To have to do with. See under Do, v. t.

Syn. -- To possess; to own. See Possess.

Have"less, a. Having little or nothing. [Obs.] Gower.

Hav"e*lock (hv"*lk), n. [From Havelock, an English general distinguished in India in the rebellion of 1857.] A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.

Ha"ven (h"v'n), n. [AS. hÊfene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MHG. habe, Dan. havn, Icel. hˆfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave (see Heave); or akin to AS. hÊf sea, Icel. & Sw. haf, Dan. hav, which is perh. akin to E. heave.] 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.

What shipping and what lading 's in our haven.

Shak.

Their haven under the hill.

Tennyson.

2. A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. Shak.

The haven, or the rock of love.

Waller.

Ha"ven, v. t. To shelter, as in a haven. Keats.

Ha"ven*age (-j), n. Harbor dues; port dues.

Ha"vened (h"v'nd), p. a. Sheltered in a haven.

Blissful havened both from joy and pain.