Have Definition

hăv

haves

verb

To be in possession of.

Already had a car.

American Heritage

To possess as a characteristic, quality, or function.

Has a beard; had a great deal of energy.

American Heritage

To possess or contain as a part, characteristic, attribute, etc.

She has blue eyes; the week has seven days.

Webster's New World

To be affected by or afflicted with.

To have a cold.

Webster's New World

To possess an understanding of; know.

To have only a little Spanish.

Webster's New World

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noun

haves

A person or nation with relatively much wealth or rich resources.

The haves and have-nots.

Webster's New World

One enjoying especially material wealth.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
wealthy person
rich person

idiom

have a mind to

To be inclined to (do something).

American Heritage

had better

To be wise or obliged to; should or must:
He had better do what he is told. You had best bring a raincoat in this weather.

American Heritage

have done with

To stop; cease:
Have done with your quibbling!

American Heritage

have had it

To have endured all that one can:
I've had it with their delays.
To be in a state beyond remedy, repair, or salvage:
That coat has had it.

American Heritage

have in mind

To remember or think of:
She has your best interests in mind.
To intend or be inclined (to do something):
I have in mind to sell the house.

American Heritage

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Have

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to have and to hold

Origin of Have

From Middle English haven, from Old English habban, hafian (“to have”), from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have”), durative of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, take up”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch”). Cognate with 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”), Icelandic hafa (“to have”), Latin capiō (“take”, verb), Russian хапать (khapat', “to seize”). More at heave.

From Wiktionary
Since there is no common Indo-European root for a transitive possessive verb have (notice that Latin "habeo" is not 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, cf. Latin mihi est / sunt, literally to me is / are.

From Wiktionary
Middle English haven from Old English habban kap- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English haven from Old English habban kap- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition