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The General condition of a thing, denoting the making of it ‖ to be so, or to be otherwise. 1. PUTTING, Set, Lay, Make. ALTERING, Change, Vary, Mutation, shift, Revolution, Vicissitude, Catastrophe, Metamorphosis.

Making it ‖ to be his, or not to be his.
- APPROPRIATING, own, set apart, engross, monopolize.
- ALIENATING, transferr, estrange, pass away ones right.

Declaring it to be his, or not to be his.
- CLAIMING, Owning, Challenging, Demand, arrogate, assume, profess, attribute ascribe, take upon him, declare for.
- ABDICATING, disclaim, disown, renounce, relinquish, refuse, reject, repudiate, desert, forsake, disavow, disherit, execrate, forswear, de∣stitute, cast off, lay aside, put away.

Causing of a thing to be in ones Possession or not.
- TAKING, Seising, Apprehending, resume, surprize, assume, intercept.
- LEAVING, Relinquish, Residue, forsake, spare.

Being of a thing in ones possession, or the not being of such a thing in ones possession as he ought to have.
- HAVING, in hand, hold, possess.
- WANTING, indigent, lack, miss, necessity, need, penury.

Continuing a thing in ones Possession or not.
- HOLDING, Detain, Retain, Keep.
- LETTING GO, Dismiss surrender, give up, Shed, Cast, mew, resign.

Endeavour of knowing, or the good success of such endeavour.
- SEEKING, search, feel for, grope, ransack, rummage, Quest.
- FINDING, retrive, sift out, smell out, Foundling.
Causing a thing to be known, or hindring it from being known.
- SHEWING, disclose, detect, betray, reveal, discover, declare, de∣monstrate, remonstrate, render.
- CONCEALING, Hide, Shelter, Suppress, Sculk, lurk, Secret, Private, Latent, occult, underhand, close, clancular, clandestine in a corner, in hugger mugger, recess, retire, slink, mich, sneak, slip, or steal away, cloke, veil, hoodwink, mask, muffle.
Causing others to be perfectly known, or to be thought so.
- MANIFESTING, Apparent, Evident, plain, flat, open, conspicuous, perspicuous, obvious, certain, clear, palpable, shew, declare, certifie set forth, come to light.
- SEEMING, Semblance, Shew, Pretence, Pretext, Vmbrage, Colour, a shew, a blind, Formal, Appear, palliate, fain, bear in hand, make •s if, make shew of, specious, disguise, Ey-service.