Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exchanging"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Exchange \Ex*change"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exchanged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Exchanging}.] [Cf.OF. eschangier, F. ['e]changer. See
{Exchange}, n.]
1. To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration
of something received as an equivalent; -- usually
followed by for before the thing received.

Exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a
sparking pebble or a diamond. --Locke.

2. To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or
resign (something being received in place of the thing
parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell.

And death for life exchanged foolishly. --Spenser.

To shift his being Is to exchange one misery with
another. --Shak.

3. To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same
kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a
neighbor; to exchange houses or hats.

Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. --Shak.

Syn: To barter; change; commute; interchange; bargain; truck;
swap; traffic.


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