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fọ̄n
v.
104 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To grasp or seize (something), take hold of, pick up;
fon on, fonto
; (b)
fon armes
, to take up arms, become a knight;
fon rest
, find rest;
fon the cross
, take the cross, go crusading;
fon to
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