Problem: Word: port

Sentence 1: Port a rifle.

Sentence 2: .. the angelic squadron ... began to hem him round with ported spears. -- Milton, Paradise Lost (1667), book IV.

Same meaning? OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
A: the same meaning
Question: This question has options. Does the word "think" have the same definition in the next 2 sentences?

She didn't think to harm me.

We thought to return early that night.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: the same meaning
Question: "faith" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

He cherished the faith of a good woman.

A member of his own faith contradicted him.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: different meanings
Q: Does "start" have the same meaning in the following two sentences?

We simply could not start the engine.

The rain started at 9:00.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: different meanings
Question: Here is one sentence: The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff.
Here is another sentence: Keep count.
Does the keep mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: different meanings
Question: "thing" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

A thing of the spirit.

A funny thing happened on the way to the ...

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer:
different meanings