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Carry over   /kˈæri ˈoʊvər/   Listen
Carry over

verb
1.
Transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another.
2.
Transport from one place or state to another.
3.
Hold over goods to be sold for the next season.  Synonym: hold over.
4.
Transfer from one time period to the next.  Synonym: carry forward.





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"Carry over" Quotes from Famous Books



... enforced[27] to make in the General Assembly. That clause is as followeth: Item. That it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Captain John Martin, his heyers, executours and assignes to governe and comaunde all suche[28] person or persons as at this time he shall carry over with him, or that shalbe[29] sente him hereafter, free from any comaunde of the Colony, excepte it be in ayding and assisting the same against[30] ...
— Colonial Records of Virginia • Various
... example of such slight errors is that of movement. When we are looking at objects, our ocular muscles are apt to execute very slight movements which escape our notice. Hence we tend, under certain circumstances, to carry over the retinal result of the movement, that is to say, the impression produced by a shifting of the parts of the retinal image to new nervous elements, to the object itself, and so to transform a "subjective" ...
— Illusions - A Psychological Study • James Sully
... a little toss of her head, and he turned, too, breaking a sprig of southernwood. Dorcas was glad to treasure the last sight of him putting to his lips the fragrant herb she had bruised for his sake. It seemed to carry over into daylight the joy of the richer night; it was like seeing the silken thread on which her pearls were strung. ...
— Meadow Grass - Tales of New England Life • Alice Brown
... that nobler culture to which my friend on the right has alluded when he says that it is born of the Spirit of God—the culture which has made New England, which is born of God, and which it is our mission to carry over the world. [Applause.] ...
— Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O • Various
... justification and their sanctification too. And there are many good but ill-instructed men among ourselves who have just this taint of that old heresy cleaving to them still—this taint, namely, that they are tempted to carry over the suretyship and substitutionary work of Christ into such regions, and to carry it to such lengths in those regions, as, practically, to make Christ to minister to their soft and sinful living, ...
— Bunyan Characters - Third Series - The Holy War • Alexander Whyte


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