Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Check
check, v. [ME.] (webplay: bend, money, rope, stop).
- Curb; restrain; hold back; stop movement of.
- Silence; mute; hush; dampen; interrupt; make quiet.
- Phrase. “Check on”: delay; detain; postpone; cause to wait; put a hold on; slow the course of.
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