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▸ adverb:  (obsolete) Possibly strictly.
▸ verb:  (transitive, archaic except poetic) To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).
▸ verb:  To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
▸ verb:  To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To check or stop, or deter (an action).
▸ verb:  To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To extinguish or put out (a fire, anger, etc.); also, to quench or satisfy (desire, hunger, thirst, etc.).
▸ verb:  (intransitive, also reflexive) Of bleeding: to stop.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, also reflexive, obsolete) Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.
▸ noun:  A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river.
▸ adjective:  Archaic spelling of staunch. [Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.]
▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of staunch (“that which stanches; act of stanching”) [(obsolete) That which stanches or checks a flow.]



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