v. t.
To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake. →
n.
To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. →
n.
Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame. →
v. t.
To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon. →
n.
To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit. →