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Dealt

Deal \Deal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dealt (d[e^]lt); p. pr. & vb. n. Dealing.] [OE. delen, AS. d[=ae]lan, fr. d[=ae]l share; akin to OS. d[=e]lian, D. deelen, G. theilen, teilen, Icel. deila, Sw. dela, Dan. dele, Goth. dailjan. See Deal, n.]

  1. To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.

    Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry?
    --Is. lviii. 7.

    And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.
    --Tickell.

    The nightly mallet deals resounding blows.
    --Gay.

    Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt.
    --Dryden.

  2. Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
dealt

past tense and past participle of deal (v.).

Wiktionary
dealt

vb. (en-past of: deal)

WordNet
dealt

See deal

deal
  1. adj. made of fir or pine; "a plain deal table"

  2. [also: dealt]

deal
  1. n. a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal" [syn: trade, business deal]

  2. an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" [syn: bargain]

  3. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]

  4. a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

  5. wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) [syn: softwood]

  6. the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" [syn: hand]

  7. the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car"

  8. the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise"

  9. the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"

  10. [also: dealt]

deal
  1. v. deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" [syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, address]

  2. take action with respect to (someone or something); "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students"

  3. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn: consider, take, look at]

  4. come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, manage]

  5. administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out]

  6. do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: sell, trade]

  7. be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn: manage, care, handle]

  8. behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"

  9. distribute to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?"

  10. direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" [syn: conduct, carry on]

  11. give out as one's portion or share [syn: share, divvy up, portion out, apportion]

  12. give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"

  13. sell; "deal hashish"

  14. [also: dealt]

Usage examples of "dealt".

After twenty-four years experience Congress repealed those portions of the Reconstruction legislation which dealt specifically with elections, but left in effect those dealing generally with Civil Rights.

Congress is to be necessarily tested by the intrinsic existence of commerce in the particular subject dealt with, instead of by the relation of that subject to commerce and its effect upon it.

Thus the states may regulate matters which, because of their number and diversity, may never be adequately dealt with by Congress.

The majority of the cases, as was pointed out earlier, dealt with the competence of the treaty-making power to grant aliens the right to inherit real property contrary to State Law.

Court may be called on to adjust differences that cannot be dealt with by Congress or disposed of by the legislature of either State alone.

A number of cases dealt with the effect of a full pardon by the President of owners of property confiscated under this act.

He simply indicated that all contractors who dealt with the Government were entitled to immunity from taxation upon such transactions.

Mormon Church cases were decided prior to the emergence of the clear and present danger doctrine dealt with below.

Subsequent cases sustaining rate orders of the Federal Power Commission have not dealt explicitly with this point.

Amendment XIV in criminal cases will be dealt with in approximately the order in which questions regarding them arise in the course of a prosecution.

She dealt competently, sensibly and fearlessly with everything from murder to vandalism, and even compelled the crossroads college housed within her premises to behave itself.

And when the House finally settled down to business, everything taking precedence over a speech from a tribune of the plebs was dealt with extremely quickly.

At first the meetings tended to be stormy, a condition Drusus dealt with beautifully, permitting every man a hearing, and even permitting massed voices, yet never succumbing to the tyranny or the seduction of the crowd.

Day and audibly wondering how it could possibly be dealt with in debate.

Makuraner, but that one was down for good, the legionary who had dealt with him already fighting someone else.