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Share v. t. (past & past part. shared; pres. part. sharing)

To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide. "Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger."

To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another. "While avarice and rapine share the land."

To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. (Obs.) "The shared visage hangs on equal sides."

Share v. i. To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others. "A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods of his father."

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"Shared" Quotes from Famous Books

... OLD MORALITY and JOKIM. Supposing the Prince had had only one coat-tail, differences might have arisen between his two right hon. friends; sure at some period of the prolonged speech to come into personal contact if both pulling at same rope. But the liberal sartorial arrangements which ARTHUR shared in common with less distinguished Members provided a coat-tail apiece; so when idea or suggestion occurred to him, OLD MORALITY tugged at the right-hand one, and when JOKIM had a happy thought he hauled away on ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 5, 1890 • Various

... at random amid the ice and snow and desolate solitudes of Canada. Hunger and cold pursue them; every day their life is in jeopardy. Among these men manners have lost their empire, traditions are without power. They become more and more savage. Tanner shared in all these miseries; he was aware of his European origin; he was not kept away from the whites by force; on the contrary, he came every year to trade with them, entered their dwellings, and saw their enjoyments; he knew that whenever he chose to return ...

— American Institutions and Their Influence • Alexis de Tocqueville et al

... the 25th of June, Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne had a son born to him. This event caused great joy to the King and the Court. The town shared their delight, and carried their enthusiasm almost to madness, by the excess of their demonstration and their fetes. The King gave a fete at Marly, and made the most magnificent presents to Madame la Duchesse de Bourgogne when she left her bed. But we soon had reason to repent ...

— The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete • Duc de Saint-Simon

... representation the crew were disposed to look upon me in a favorable light. He gave me the privilege of using his berth and his blankets during my watch below; he loaned me a monkey jacket in stormy weather, and shared with me his "small stores," of which he had a good supply. More than all this, he encouraged me to keep a stout heart and "stiff upper lip," assuring me that all would come right in the end. Had it not been for that kind-hearted young man, my condition ...

— Jack in the Forecastle • John Sherburne Sleeper

... has been made in this volume to discuss the boy psychologically or otherwise. This has been done so often that the subject has become matter-of-fact. My little volume on "Boy Training," so generously shared in by other writers who are authorities on their subjects, may be referred to for information of this sort. "The Sunday School and the Teens" will, likewise, afford valuable technical information about the Sunday school, it being the report of the ...

— The Boy and the Sunday School - A Manual of Principle and Method for the Work of the Sunday - School with Teen Age Boys • John L. Alexander

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