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Reach (r&ē;ch), v. i. To retch. Cheyne.
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Reach, n. An effort to vomit. [R.]
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Reach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reached (r&ē;cht) (Raught, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaching.] [OE. rechen, AS. r&aē_;can, r&aē_;cean, to extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS. r&ī;ce powerful, rich, E. rich. √115.] 1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.
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Her tresses yellow, and long straughten,
Unto her heeles down they raughten. Rom. of R.
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Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side. John xx. 27.
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Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far
Their pampered boughs. Milton.
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2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.
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He reached me a full cup. 2 Esd. xiv. 39.
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3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.
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O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford,
Than I may reach the beast. Dryden.
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4. To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
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5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
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If these examples of grown men reach not the case of children, let them examine. Locke.
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6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
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Thy desire . . . leads to no excess
That reaches blame. Milton.
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7. To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
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Before this letter reaches your hands. Pope.
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8. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
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The best account of the appearances of nature which human penetration can reach, comes short of its reality. Cheyne.
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9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]
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Do what, sir? I reach you not. Beau. & Fl.
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10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] South.
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Reach, v. i. 1. To stretch out the hand.
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Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste! Milton.
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2. To strain after something; to make efforts.
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Reaching above our nature does no good. Dryden.
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3. To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.
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And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. Gen. xxviii. 12.
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The new world reaches quite across the torrid zone. Boyle.
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4. (Naut.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
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To reach after or To reach for or To reach at, to make efforts to attain to or obtain.
[1913 Webster]He would be in the posture of the mind reaching after a positive idea of infinity. Locke.
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Reach, n. 1. The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
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2. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
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Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended. Hayward.
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Be sure yourself and your own reach to know. Pope.
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3. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
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And on the left hand, hell,
With long reach, interposed. Milton.
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I am to pray you not to strain my speech
To grosser issues, nor to larger reach
Than to suspicion. Shak.
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4. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land. “The river's wooded reach.” Tennyson.
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The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches. Holland.
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5. An artifice to obtain an advantage.
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The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own underhand to cross the design. Bacon.
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6. The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
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