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TO LAY HOLD OF

Definition: TO LAY HOLD OF

TO LAY HOLD OF

1. To seize; to catch.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: TO LAY HOLD OF

English words defined with "TO LAY HOLD OF": To catch a tartar. (references)

Etymologies containing "TO LAY HOLD OF": Organoleptic. (references)

Familiar Quotations: TO LAY HOLD OF

Author	Quotation
President Edwards	I make it my rule to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speeches: TO LAY HOLD OF

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Modern Translation: TO LAY HOLD OF

Language		Translations for "TO LAY HOLD OF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		ráteszi a kezét vmire (to catch hold of sg, to corral, to lay hold of sg, to take hold of sg), megmarkol vmit (to catch hold of sg, to lay hold of sg, to take hold of sg), megkaparint vmit (to catch hold of sg, to corral, to get on to sg, to lay hands on sg, to lay hold of sg, to take hold of sg), megfog vmit (to catch hold of sg, to lay hands on sg, to lay hold of sg, to take hold of sg), kézre kerít vkit (to catch hold of sy, to lay hold of sy, to take hold of sy), elkap vmit (to catch hold of sg, to lay hold of sg, to take hold of sg). (various references)

Pig Latin		otay aylay oldhay ofay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: TO LAY HOLD OF

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	arripio. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Anagrams: TO LAY HOLD OF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-f-h-l-l-o-o-o-t-y"
	-3 letters: foothold.
	-4 letters: aloofly, hayloft, loathly, tallyho.
	-5 letters: daftly, dhooly, flatly, floaty, halloo, hallot, holloa, holloo, loofah.
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Alternative Orthography: TO LAY HOLD OF

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F 4C 41 59 48 4F 4C 44 4F 46

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01001100 01000001 01011001 00100000 01001000 01001111 01001100 01000100 00100000 01001111 01000110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#76 &#65 &#89 &#32 &#72 &#79 &#76 &#68 &#32 &#79 &#70

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F 004C 0041 0059 0048 004F 004C 0044 004F 0046

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449246355924249463824940

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Familiar
4. Quotations: Speeches

5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography

9. Bibliography

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