To acquire, bring in, or introduce. / (idiomatic) To begin to have or exhibit. / (idiomatic) To assume or take responsibility for. / (idiomatic) To attempt to fight, compete with, or engage with.

plural of eighty-eighth

(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.

Alternative form of cloud bank