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Definition have

Etymology 1

From Middle English haven, from Old English habban, hafian (“to have”), from Proto-Germanic *habjan? (“to have”), durative of *habjan? (“to lift, take up”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh?pyéti, present tense of *keh?p- (“to take, seize, catch”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian hääbe (“to have”), West Frisian hawwe (“to have”), Dutch hebben (“to have”), Low German hebben, hewwen (“to have”), German haben (“to have”), Danish have (“to have”), Swedish hava (“to have”), Norwegian Nynorsk ha (“to have”), Icelandic hafa (“to have”), Albanian kap (“I grab, catch, grip”), Latin capi? (“take”, verb), Russian ?????? (xapat?, “to seize”). More at heave.

Since there is no common Indo-European root for a transitive possessive verb have (notice that Latin habe? is not etymologically related to English have), Proto-Indo-European probably lacked the have structure. Instead, the third person forms of be were used, with the possessor in dative case, compare Latin mihi est / sunt, literally to me is / are.

Verb

have (third-person singular simple present has, present participle having, simple past and past participle had)

  1. (transitive) To possess, own, hold.
  2. (transitive) Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
  3. (transitive) To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).
  4. (transitive) To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
  5. To experience, go through, undergo.
  6. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
  7. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
  8. Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
  9. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
  10. (transitive) To give birth to.
  11. (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
  12. (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
  13. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
  14. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
  15. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
  16. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
  17. (Britain, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
  18. (dated outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).
  19. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
  20. To trick, to deceive.
  21. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
  22. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
  23. (transitive) To host someone; to take in as a guest.
  24. (transitive) To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
  25. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
Noun

have (plural haves)

  1. A wealthy or privileged person.
  2. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.

Etymology 2

From have on (“to deceive”).

Noun

have (plural haves)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading.

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