Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHECK
CHECK, v.i.
- To stop; to make a stop; with at. The mind checks at any vigorous undertaking. – Locke.
- To clash or interfere. I have to check with business. – Bacon.
- To strike with repression. – Dryden. [These applications are not frequent.]
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