Available Definitions:
1) v. i. - To divide; to distribute.
2) 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.
3) v. i. - To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
4) v. i. - To practice indirect or evasive methods.
5) 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.