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Career
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A race course: the ground run over. To go back again the same career. Sir P. Sidney.
2. A running; full speed; a rapid course. When a horse is running in his full career. Wilkins.
3. General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a pubic character; as, Washington's career as a soldier. An impartial view of his whole career. Macaulay.
4. The fight of a hawk.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To move or run rapidly. areering gayly over the curling waves. W. Irving.