- healtian
- wv/t2 to halt, limp; hesitate; fall away
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healtian
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Halt — Halt, v. i. [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See {Halt}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. To walk lamely; to limp. [1913 Webster] 2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective. [1913 Webster] The blank verse shall halt for it. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
halting — halt|ing [ˈho:ltıŋ US ˈho:l ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: halt to walk with difficulty , from Old English healtian] if your speech or movements are halting, you stop for a moment between words or movements, especially because you are not… … Dictionary of contemporary English
halt — halt1 verb bring or come to an abrupt stop. noun 1》 a suspension of movement or activity. 2》 Brit. a minor stopping place on a local railway line. Phrases call a halt order a stop. Origin C16: orig. in the phr. make halt, from Ger. haltmachen,… … English new terms dictionary
halt — halt1 [hôlt] n. [orig. in phr. to make halt, transl. of Ger halt machen < imper. of halten (see HOLD1) + machen, MAKE2] 1. a stop, esp. a temporary one, as in marching; pause or discontinuance 2. a command to stop vi., vt. to come or br … English World dictionary
halt — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a stop (usu. temporary); an interruption of progress (come to a halt). 2 a temporary stoppage on a march or journey. 3 Brit. a minor stopping place on a local railway line, usu. without permanent buildings. v.intr. & tr. stop;… … Useful english dictionary
