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Hale
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a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
Related source terms
nathan hale
Other meanings
2. noun
United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
3. noun
prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
4. verb
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
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This definition is reproduced from Princeton WordNet 3.0, sense 11023623-n, under the WordNet 3.0 License. It has not yet received VocabularyBase editorial review. Read the source and license details.