- To divide; to distribute. - To make a change or changes; to change position; to move;
to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various
senses of the transitive verb. - To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to
contrive; to manage. - To practice indirect or evasive methods. - To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the
equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.
Definition
[ v. i.]