to divide; to distribute.-to make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb.-to resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.-to practice indirect or evasive methods.-to slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.