Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PUT, v.i.

1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.] – Bacon.
2. To steer. His fury thus appeas'd, he puts to land. – Dryden.
3. To shoot; to germinate. The sap puts downward. – Bacon. To put forth, to shoot; to bud; to germinate. Take earth from under walls where nettles put forth. – Bacon. #2. To leave a port or haven. – Shak. To put in, to enter a harbor; to sail into port. #2. To offer a claim. A. puts in for a share of profits. To put in for, to offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for. – Locke. To put off, to leave land. To put on, to urge motion; to drive vehemently. To put over, to sail over or across. – Abbot. To put to sea, to set sail; to begin a voyage; to advance into the ocean. – Dryden. To put up, to take lodgings; to lodge. We put up at the Golden Ball. #2. To offer one's self as a candidate. – L'Estrange. To put up to, to advance to. [Little used.] – Swift. To put up with, to overlook or suffer without recompense, punishment or resentment; as, to put up with an injury or affront. #2. To take without opposition or dissatisfaction; as, to put up with bad fare. This verb, in all its uses, retains its primary sense, to set, throw, thrust, send, &c.; but its signification is modified in a great variety of ways, by other words standing in connection with it.