v.
1) to ~ gratefully
2) ( B ) the author ~d her debt to her research assistants
3) ( D ; tr. ) to ~ as (she ~d him as her heir)
4) ( G ) he ~d being ignorant of the facts
5) ( K ) he ~d my being the first to think of it
6) ( L ; to) she ~d (to us) that she was to blame
7) (rare) ( M ) they ~d us to be the winners of the contest
8) (formal and rare) ( N ; used with a past participle) he ~d himself defeated