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TO PUT OVER

Definition: TO PUT OVER

TO PUT OVER

1. (a) To place (some one) in authority over; as, to put a general over a division of an army. (b) To refer. For the certain knowledge of that truth I put you o'er to heaven and to my mother. --Shak. (c) To defer; to postpone; as, the court put over the cause to the next term. (d) To transfer (a person or thing) across; as, to put one over the river.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Crosswords: TO PUT OVER

Specialty definitions using "TO PUT OVER": CHEATS. (references)

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Photo Album: TO PUT OVER

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Winter pastimes. Trying to put over a little free publicity -- and discovering that ... Credit: Library of Congress.

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Use in Literature: TO PUT OVER

TitleAuthorQuote

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

I had no lock nor bolt but for the desk which held my papers, not even a nail to put over my latch or windows

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Modern Translation: TO PUT OVER

Language Translations for "TO PUT OVER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

laegge roret om (to put over the helm, to shift the helm). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

het roer omgooien (to put over the helm, to shift the helm). (various references)

   

French

  

changer de côté le gouvernail (to put over the helm, to shift the helm). (various references)

   

German

  

das Ruder umlegen (to put over the helm, to shift the helm). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μετακινώ το πηδάλιο (to put over the helm, to shift the helm). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

későbbre tesz, átszállít (put across, to carry over, to ferry, to take over, to transfer, to tranship, to translate, to trans-ship, transfer), átvisz (carry forward, take across, take over, to carry forward, to carry over, to get over, to take over, to transfer, to transfuse, to transmit, transfer), elhajózik (sail away, to set sail), elhalaszt (adjourn, defer, delay, leave over, postpone, put off, to adjourn, to defer, to delay, to hold over, to leave over, to put off, to remit, to respite, to side-track, to stay), elmegy (betake, check out, depart, egress, flit, go, go away, go off, go with, leave, left, off it, pass out, take off, to chase oneself, to check out, to go away, to go forth, to go off, to go past, to leave, to leave for, to march off, to piss off, to push off, to quit, to resort, to sally forth, to sheer off, to sod off, to take leave, to take one's departure, to turkey off, to turn away, to visit), elvitorlázik (to put out to sea, to put to sea), föléje (to superimpose, to superpose), föléje rak, föléje tesz (to superimpose, to superpose), átmegy (go through, overpass, pass, pass over, pass through, to adjourn, to come through, to cross, to cross over, to get through, to go over, to go through, to knife, to pass across, to pass through, to repass, to step across), helyez (lay, put, set, station, to bond, to depose, to insist, to middle, to place, to put, to quarantine, to rack, to repose, to set, to station), utasít vkit vkihez (to refer sy to sy), keresztülvisz (bulldoze, get through, to get across, to get through, to implement), legyőz (smitten, smote, to defeat, to discomfit, to negotiate, to overpower, to overwhelm, to put down, to smite, to surmount, to surmount to sg, to thrash, to tide over, to trounce, to vanquish, to whip, to whomp, to whop, to whump, to worst), lehengerel (roll down, to mop up, to roll down, to wallop), megöl (kill, murder, put to death, slain, slew, to account for, to check sy out, to cold-cock, to deep-six, to do for, to dump, to ice, to kill, to martyr, to murder, to put to death, to put to the sword, to slay, to snuff, to unlive, unlive), megver (belabor, bludgeon, clobber, defeat, discomfit, dress down, lick, to belabor, to belabour, to chastise, to cudgel, to defeat, to discomfit, to lay it on sy, to total, to trounce, to whop), sikeresen végrehajt, sikerre juttat, sikerre visz (make a hit, to bring off, to get across, to put sg across), sikert ér el (to get there with both feet, to succeed, to succeed in doing sg), halogat (adjourn, be on the back burner, delay, hold in abeyance, hold over, play for time, postpone, procrastinate, stall, to defer, to procrastinate, to put off, to stall). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay utpay overay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: TO PUT OVER

LanguageDateSourceDaniel Chapter 6, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai katesthse satrapaV ekaton eikosi epta epi pashV thV basileiaV autou
Latin405VulgateEt super eos principes tres ex quibus Danihel unus erat ut satrapae illis redderent rationem et rex non sustineret molestiam
Middle English1395WyclifOf whom Danyel was oon; that the satraps shulden yelde resoun to hem, and the kyng shulde not suffre eny disese.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
Basic English1964OgdenDarius was pleased to put over the kingdom a hundred and twenty captains, who were to be all through the kingdom;

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Matched Bible Translations: TO PUT OVER

LanguageDaniel Chapter 6, Verse 2
CebuanoUg ibabaw kanila totolo ka mga presidente, si Daniel mao ang usa kanila; nga kining mga principe magabatag taho kanila nga totolo, ug nga ang hari mawalay kabilinggan.
Chinese又 在 他 們 以 上 立 總 長 三 人 、 ( 但 以 理 在 其 中 ) 使 總 督 在 他 們 三 人 面 前 回 覆 事 務 、 免 得 王 受 虧 損 。
CroatianSvidjelo se Dariju da postavi nad svojim kraljevstvom stotinu i dvadeset satrapa da budu nad svim kraljevstvom.
FinnishJa heitä ylempänä oli kolme valtaherraa, joista Daniel oli yksi. Heille tuli satraappien tehdä tili, ettei kuningas kärsisi vahinkoa.
FrenchIl mit leur tête trois chefs, au nombre desquels était Daniel, afin que ces satrapes leur rendissent compte, et que le roi ne souffrît aucun dommage.
GermanÜber diese setzte er drei Fürsten, deren einer Daniel war, welchen die Landvögte sollten Rechnung tun, daß der König keinen Schaden litte.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka berkenanlah kepada Darius mengangkat atas kerajaan itu seratus dua puluh orang menteri yang memegang perintah dalam segenap kerajaan itu.
ItalianA capo dei s trapi mise tre governatori, di cui uno fu Daniele, ai quali i s trapi dovevano render conto perché nessun danno ne
MaoriE toru hoki nga rangatira nui mo enei, a ko Raniera tetahi o ratou; ma nga ariki ra nga korero e homai ki enei, kei he nga mea a te kingi.
NorwegianDarius fant for godt å sette hundre og tyve satraper over riket; de skulde bo rundt omkring i hele riket.
Portuguesee sobre eles três presidentes, dos quais Daniel era um; a fim de que estes sátrapas lhes dessem conta, e que o rei não sofresse dano.   
Rumaniana pus kn fruntea lor trei cqpetenii, kn numqrul cqrora era wi Daniel. Dregqtorii acewtia aveau sq le dea socotealq, ca kmpqratul sq nu sufere nici o pagubq.
RussianБ ОБ" ОЙНЙ ФТЕИ ЛОСЪЕК, --ЙЪ ЛПФПТЩИ П"ЙО 'ЩМ дБОЙЙМ, --ЮФП'Щ УБФТБ Щ "БЧБМЙ ЙН ПФЮЕФ Й ЮФП'Щ "БТА ОЕ 'ЩМП ОЙЛБЛПЗП П'ТЕНЕОЕОЙС.

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Anagrams: TO PUT OVER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-o-o-p-r-t-t-u-v"

-2 letters: outport, outvote, overtop.

-3 letters: potter, pouter, prutot, putter, roupet, tooter, touter, troupe, uproot, uptore.

-4 letters: erupt, otter, outer, outre, overt, petto, poove, potto, prove, putto, repot, rotte, route, toper, torot, torte, toter, troop, trope, trout, trove, tutor, utter, vertu, voter.

-5 letters: euro, otto, over, pert, poet, poor, pore, port, pour, pout, pure, putt, repo.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Bible Trace
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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