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(1):

(v. i.) 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.

(2):

(v. i.) To divide; to distribute.

(3):

(v. i.) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

(4):

(v. i.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; - said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.

(5):

(v. i.) To practice indirect or evasive methods.