You have me, have you not?
Shak.
12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that
is where he had him. [Slang]
Have, as an auxiliary verb, is used with the past participle to form
preterit tenses; as, I have loved; I shall have eaten. Originally it
was used only with the participle of transitive verbs, and denoted the
possession of the object in the state indicated by the participle; as,
I have conquered him, I have or hold him in a conquered state; but it
has long since lost this independent significance, and is used with the
participles both of transitive and intransitive verbs as a device for
expressing past time. Had is used, especially in poetry, for would have
or should have.
Myself for such a face had boldly died.
Tennyson.
To have a care, to take care; to be on one's guard. -- To have (a man)
out, to engage (one) in a duel. -- To have done (with). See under Do,
v. i. -- To have it out, to speak freely; to bring an affair to a
conclusion. -- To have on, to wear. - - To have to do with. See under
Do, v. t.
Syn. -- To possess; to own. See Possess.
Have"less, a. Having little or nothing. [Obs.] Gower.
Hav"e*lock (hv"*lk), n. [From Havelock, an English general
distinguished in India in the rebellion of 1857.] A light cloth
covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from
sunstroke.
Ha"ven (h"v'n), n. [AS. hÊfene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MHG.
habe, Dan. havn, Icel. hˆfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence
orig., a holder; or to heave (see Heave); or akin to AS. hÊf sea, Icel.
& Sw. haf, Dan. hav, which is perh. akin to E. heave.] 1. A bay,
recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords
anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
What shipping and what lading 's in our haven.
Shak.
Their haven under the hill.
Tennyson.