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<hw>Fet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <ets>feat</ets>, F. <ets>fait</ets>, and It. <ets>fett<?/</ets> slice, G. <ets>fetzen</ets> rag, Icel. <ets>fat</ets> garment.]</ety> <def>A piece.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryton.</i>

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<hw>Fet</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fetten</ets>, <ets>feten</ets>, AS. <ets>fetian</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>f\'91t</ets> a journey, and to E. <ets>foot</ets>; cf. G. <ets>fassen</ets> to seize. &root; 77. See <er>Foot</er>, and cf. <er>Fetch</er>.]</ety> <def>To fetch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And from the other fifty soon the prisoner <b>fet</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fet</hw>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <mord>of <er>Fette</er></mord>. <def>Fetched.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fetal</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fe"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Fetus</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; <as>as, <ex>fetal circulation</ex>; <ex>fetal</ex> membranes.</as></def>

<h1>Fetation</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fe*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy.</def>

<h1>Fetch</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fetch</hw> <tt>(?; 224)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fetched</er> 2; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt>. <er>Fetching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>fecchen</ets>, AS. <ets>feccan</ets>, perh. the same word as <ets>fetian</ets>; or cf. <ets>facian</ets> to wish to get, OFries. <ets>faka</ets> to prepare. &root; 77. Cf. <er>Fet</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Time will run back and <b>fetch</b> the age of gold. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He called to her, and said, <b>Fetch</b> me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to <b>fetch</b> it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bred in thine hand. <i>1 Kings xvii. 11, 12.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.</def>

<blockquote>Our native horses were held in small esteem, and <b>fetched</b> low prices. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with <i>to</i>; <as>as, to <ex>fetch</ex> a man to</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Fetching</b> men again when they swoon. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To reduce; to throw.</def>

<blockquote>The sudden trip in wrestling that <b>fetches</b> a man to the ground. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; <as>as, to <ex>fetch</ex> a compass; to <ex>fetch</ex> a leap; to <ex>fetch</ex> a sigh.</as></def>

<blockquote>I'll <b>fetch</b> a turn about the garden. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He <b>fetches</b> his blow quick and sure. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.</def>

<blockquote>Meantine flew our ships, and straight we <b>fetched</b> The siren's isle. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.</def>