The meaning of HAVE is to hold or maintain as a possession, privilege, or entitlement. How to use have in a sentence.
Word History Etymology Verb and Noun Middle English, from Old English habban; akin to Old High German habēn to have, and perhaps to hevan to lift — more at heave entry 1 First Known Use Verb before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a Noun circa 1739, ...
An out-of-work architect named Alfred M. Butts created a game during the Depression where lettered tiles were assigned points on a crossword puzzle-style grid. Butts came up with names for the game like CrissCross Words and Lexiko before licensing the idea to James Brunot,who called it Sc...