Harvest - H`ARVEST, n. [L. acerbus.]
1. The season of reaping and gathering in corn or other crops. It especially refers to the time of collecting corn or grain, which is the chief food of men, as wheat and rye. In Egypt and Syria, the wheat harvest is in April and May; in the south of Europe and of the United States, in June; in the Northern states of America, in July; and in the north of Europe, in August and September. In the United States, the harvest of maiz is mostly in October.
2. The ripe corn or grain collected and secured in barns or stacks. The harvest this year is abundant.
3. The product of labor; fruit or fruits.
Let us the harvest of our labor eat.
4. Fruit or fruits; effects; consequences.
He that sows iniquity will reap a harvest of woe.
5. In Scripture, harvest signifies figuratively the proper season for business.
He that sleepeth in harvest, is a son that causeth shame. Prov 10.
Also, a people whose sins have ripened them for judgment. Joel 3.
Also, the end of the world. Mat 13.
Also, a seasonable time for instructing men in the gospel. Mat 9.
H`ARVEST, v.t. To reap or gather ripe corn and other fruits for the use of man and beast.
Have - HAVE, v.t. hav. pret. and pp. had. Present, I have, thou hast, he has; we, ye, they, have. [L. habeo.]
1. To possess; to hold in possession or power.
How many loaves have ye? Mat 15.
He that gathered much had nothing over. Exo 16.
I have no Levite to my priest. Judg 17.
To have and to hold, terms in a deed of conveyance.
2. To possess, as something that is connected with, or belongs to one.
Have ye a father? Have ye another brother? Gen 43, and 44.
--Sheep that have no shepherd. l Kings 22.
3. To marry; to take for a wife or husband.
In the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Mat 22.
4. To hold; to regard. Thus, to have in honor, is to hold in esteem; to esteem; to honor.
To have in derision or contempt, to hold in derision or contempt; to deride; to despise.
5. To maintain; to hold in opinion.
Sometimes they will have them to be the natural heat; sometimes they will have them to be the qualities of the tangible parts.
6. To be urged by necessity or obligation; to be under necessity, or impelled by duty.
I have to visit twenty patients every day.
We have to strive against temptations.
We have to encounter strong prejudices.
The nation has to pay the interest of an immense debt.
7. To seize and hold; to catch. The hound has him. [The original, but now a vulgar use of the word.]
8. To contain. The work has many beauties and many faults.
9. To gain; to procure; to receive; to obtain; to purchase.
I had this cloth very cheap.
He has a guinea a month.
He has high wages for his services.
Had rather, denotes wish or preference.
I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness. Psa 84.
Is not this phrase a corruption of would rather?
To have after, to pursue. [Not much used, nor elegant.]
To have away, to remove; to take away.
To have at, to encounter; to assail; as, to have at him; to have at you. [Legitimate, but vulgar.]
To enter into competition with; to make trial with.
Dryden uses in a like sense, have with you; but these uses are inelegant.
To have in, to contain.
To have on, to wear; to carry; as raiment or weapons.
He saw a man who had not on a wedding garment. Mat 22.
To have out, to cause to depart. 2 Sam 13.
To have a care, to take care; to be on the guard, or to guard.
To have pleasure, to enjoy.
To have pain, to suffer.
To have sorrow, to be grieved or afflicted.
With would and should.
He would have, he desires to have, or he requires.
He should have, he ought to have.
But the various uses of have in such phrases,and its uses as an auxiliary verb, are fully explained in grammars. As an auxiliary, it assists in forming the perfect tense, as I have formed, thou hast formed, he hath or has formed, we have formed, and the prior-past tense, as I had seen, thou hadst seen, he had seen.
Heal - HEAL, v.t. [L. celo; Heb. to be whole or entire, all.]
1. To cure of a disease or wound and restore to soundness, or to that state of body in which the natural functions are regularly performed; as, to heal the sick.
Speak, and my servant shall be healed. Mat 8.
2. To cure; to remove or subdue; as, to heal a disease.
3. To cause to cicatrize; as, to heal a sore or wound.
4. To restore to soundness; as, to heal a wounded limb.
5. To restore purity to; to remove feculence or foreign matter.
Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. 2 Ki 2.
6. To remove, as differences or dissension; to reconcile, as parties at variance; as, to heal a breach or difference.
7. In Scripture, to forgive; to cure moral disease and restore soundness.
I will heal their backsliding. Hosea 14.
8. To purify from corruptions, redress grievances and restore to prosperity. Jer 14.
9. To cover, as a roof with tiles, slate, lead, &c.
HEAL, v.i. To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; sometimes with up or over; it will heal up or over.
Hear - HEAR, v.t. pret. and pp. heard, but more correctly heared.
[L. audio; auris.]
1. To perceive by the ear; to feel an impression of sound by the proper organs; as, to hear sound; to hear a voice; to hear words.
2. To give audience or allowance to speak.
He sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Acts 24.
3. To attend; to listen; to obey.
Today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart. Psa 95.
4. To attend favorably; to regard.
They think they shall be heard for their much speaking. Mat 6.
5. To grant an answer to prayer.
I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice. Psa 116.
6. To attend to the facts, evidence, and arguments in a cause between parties; to try in a court of law or equity. The cause was heard and determined at the last term; or, it was heard at the last term, and will be determined at the next. Song 2Sam.15.
7. To acknowledge a title; a Latin phrase.
Hear'st thou submissive, but a lowly birth.
8. To be a hearer of; to sit under the preaching of; as, what minister do you hear? [A colloquial use of the word.]
9. To learn.
I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. John 8.
10. To approve and embrace.
They speak of the world, and the world heareth them. l John 4.
To hear a bird sing, to receive private communication.
HEAR, v.i. To enjoy the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. He is deaf, he cannot hear.
1. To listen; to hearken; to attend.
He hears with solicitude.
2. To be told; to receive by report.
I hear there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it. 1 Cor 11.
Heavy - HEAV'Y, a. hev'y.
1. Weighty; ponderous; having great weight; tending strongly to the center of attraction; contrary to light; applied to material bodies; as a heavy stone; a heavy load.
2. Sad; sorrowful; dejected; depressed in mind.
A light wife makes a heavy husband.
So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. Prov 25.
3. Grievous; afflictive; depressing to the spirits; as heavy news; a heavy calamity.
4. Burdensome; oppressive; as heavy taxes.
Make thy father's heavy yoke--lighter. 1 Ki 12.
5. Wanting life and animation; dull.
My heavy eyes you say confess
A heart to love and grief inclined.
6. Drowsy; dull.
Their eyes were heavy. Mat 26. Luke 9.
7. Wanting spirit or animation; destitute of life or rapidity of sentiment; dull; as a heavy writer; a heavy style.
8. Wanting activity or vivacity; indolent.
But of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind.
9. Slow; sluggish.
He walks with a heavy gait.
10. Burdensome; tedious; as heavy hours.
Time lies heavy on him who has no employment.
11. Loaded; encumbered; burdened.
He found his men heavy, and laden with booty.
12. Lying with weight on the stomach; not easily digested; as, oily food is heavy to the stomach.
13. Moist; deep; soft; miry; as heavy land; a heavy soil. We apply heavy to soft loamy or clayey land, which makes the draught of a plow or wagon difficult and laborious. So we say, a heavy road.
14. Difficult; laborious; as a heavy draught.
15. Weary; supported with pain or difficulty.
And the hands of Moses were heavy. Exo 17.
16. Inflicting severe evils,punishments or judgments.
The hand of the Lord was heavy on them of Ashdod.
l Sam.5.
17. Burdensome; occasioning great care.
This thing is too heavy for thee. Exo 18.
18. Dull; not hearing; inattentive.
Neither his ears heavy, that he cannot hear. Isa 59.
19. Large, as billows; swelling and rolling with great force; as a heavy sea.
20. Large in amount; as a heavy expense; a heavy debt.
21. Thick; dense; black; as a heavy cloud.
22. Violent; tempestuous; as a heavy wind or gale.
23. Large; abundant; as a heavy fall of snow or rain.
24. Great; violent; forcible; as a heavy fire of cannon or small arms.
25. Not raised by leaven or fermentation; not light; clammy; as heavy bread.
26. Requiring much labor or much expense; as a heavy undertaking.
27. Loud; as heavy thunder.
Heavy metal, in military affairs, signifies large guns, carrying balls of a large size, or it is applied to large balls themselves.
HEAVY, adv. hev'y. With great weight; used in composition.
HEAVY, v.t. hev'y. To make heavy. [Not in use.]