Emily Dickinson Lexicon

deal (-s), v. [OE dælan; see deal, n.] (webplay: between, blows, deaths, do, exchange, have, hungry, man, one, one's, own, players, thee, true, will).

1. Apportion; administer; associate; deliver; bestow among a number of recipients; grapple; any act toward others; (see Exodus 8:29).
2. Judge; reward; punish; mete out; [fig.] implying great power; decreeing time; aging to nature; (see 2 Chronicles 2:3).
3. Consider; bequeath without heart; treat harshly; an important transaction; (see Genesis 21:23).
4. Satisfies association; (see Genesis 47:29).