Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Buy (bought)
buy (bought), v. [OE.] (webplay: acquire, day, dear, given, paying, praise, price, purchase, sell, shares, small, stock, worth).
- Purchase; pay for (see Leviticus 25:15); [fig.] pluck; pick; select; take away; choose for one's self.
- Cause; elicit; induce; evoke; stimulate; draw out from someone.
- Experience; fulfill; actualize; accomplish; achieve; reach; (see Revelation 3:18).
- Get for a price; attain in exchange for something; [fig.] accommodate; facilitate; make happen more easily.
- Order; requisition by mail from a sales catalog.
- Cover the costs; fulfill the covenant; honor the contract; comply with the agreement; make good on the promise; [fig.] redeem; deliver; provide salvation; (see Ruth 4:4).
- Obtain; acquire; procure; receive; pick up; (see Isaiah 55:1).
- Ransom; expiate; atone for; save by sacrifice; rescue from destruction.
- Appraise; evaluate; appreciate; assign worth to.
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