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1. albificāten v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Alch. To whiten, as by the addition of arsenic or antimony.

2. alterāten v.

19 quotations in 2 senses
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Phil., physiol., med., alch.: (a) To change, modify, transform; alteraten to (sth.); (b) to change for the worse; affect adversely; deteriorate; (c) to change for the better; affect beneficially…

3. alteren v.

26 quotations in 2 senses
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Phil., physiol., med., alch., astrol. (a) To change, modify, transform; alteren to (sth.); (b) to change for the worse; affect adversely; deteriorate; (c) to change for the better; affect…

4. ascenden v.

47 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To move or proceed upward; ascend, climb, mount, soar; ascenden up(ward); board (a ship); light (upon sb.); (b) to ascend (a hill); rise to (the heavens); also, lift up, raise [quot. a1450]…

5. calcīnen v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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Alch. & med. (a) To reduce (sth.) to powder by heating; (b) to change the nature of (sth.) by heating in a certain way.

6. conǧēlen v.

38 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Of water: to solidify in low temperature, freeze; congelen to cristal, congelen hard, turn into ice, freeze; fig. congeled as frost, rigid, lifeless; (b) to freeze (sth.); congelen to hail.

7. crū̆cifīen v.

31 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To crucify (sb.); (b) Crist crucified, Christ on the cross; also, a crucifix; (c) ?to fasten (crabs) to stakes.

8. dēcocten v.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To boil (sth.); also fig.; decoct, ppl. as adj.: boiled; maken decoct, boil (sth.); (b) ?alch. to produce (mercury) by heating.

9. dē̆scenden v.

105 quotations in 8 senses
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Of downward motion in space: (a) of rain: to fall; descenden doun fro (heaven); of a stream: flow down (from); of light, heat, lightning: stream down, descend; of an object: fall down, descend; from

10. dēsponsāten v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Alch. To combine or fuse (elements).

11. dīē̆ten v.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To regulate the diet of (oneself, another) for purposes of health; dieten with, feed (sb.) with (a certain food); (b) alch. to regulate the growth of (the 'body' of dry matter) by adding or…

12. distillen v.

50 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To flow or fall in drops; trickle, drop; distillen fro(m, distillen out of, distillen of, distillen doun, distillen into, distillen on, distillen to; (b) to shed drops; distillen on; (c) refl.

13. elevāten v.

14 quotations in 5 senses
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To raise to a higher position.

14. embīben v.

10 quotations in 3 senses
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To feed a liquid (into something), to suffuse or saturate (with a liquid).

15. exalten v.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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To set up or rear (a structure); to lift up, raise aloft.

16. exūberāten v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Alch. To render (a mixture) fruitful or productive.

17. fermenten v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of dough: undergo fermentation; (b) alch. to cause (something) to effervesce, give off heat, and change its properties.

18. fixen v.

15 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To set or fix (one's eyes or mind on something); to fix (something in mind); (b) fixed, fixed in position; sternes (sterres) fixed; lodged or stuck (in mud); of an anchor: set; of fortune…

19. flīen v.

198 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To fly with wings; flien with winges; flien in (bi) the lift (air); flien on heigh (upon height); flien (one's) wei; fleing kind, flying creature, birds; (b) comen flen, flien fleing, to come…

20. gī̆lden v.

53 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To overlay (sth.) with gold, cover with gilding, gild; (b) fig. to conceal (sth. bad) under a fair exterior or appearance; (c) to decorate (sth.) with gold; inlay (sth.) with gold, embroider or…

21. gilten v.(2)

14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To overlay (sth.) with gold, gild; (b) to decorate (sth.) with gold.

22. glōrifīen v.

58 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To praise (sb. or sth.), honor, extol; praise or honor (God) in worship, ascribe glory to; (b) to vaunt (one's high estate); glorifien of, be proud of (sth.), boast of; (c) refl. to glorify…

23. glǒtien v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To feed (sb.) to repletion; (b) fig. to surfeit or cloy (the heart); (c) alch. to augment (the 'matter') too rapidly, flood; (d) to swallow or eat to excess.

24. mortifīen v.

51 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To kill (sb.); mortifien and quikenen, of God: take and give life; also fig. destroy (sth.); render (the heart) insensible; (b) of courage: to die out; (c) ?fig.; ?meaning influenced by mortisen

25. prēparāten v.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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To prepare (sth.), make (sth.) ready; make (sth.); alch. prepare (sth.) for use in some process; sal preparate, ?refined salt; ?salt prepared for use in alchemy.

26. pū̆trefīen v.

26 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To decompose, rot; become putrid; (b) med. of tissue or fluid in a living body: to become putrid or gangrenous, fester; ppl. putrefied, rotted, gangrenous, suppurating; (c) alch. to decompose…

27. quiken v.

65 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Of the corpse of a human being, lion cub, bird: to come to life, rise from the dead; (b) to bring (a corpse, something dead, inanimate matter) to life; to raise (sb.) from the dead; also fig.

28. rāǧen v.

36 quotations in 4 senses
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To be furious; have a fit of insanity.

29. rectifīen v.

29 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To set (sb.) straight in conduct or behavior, correct (an error); mend (one's ways); refl. correct or reform oneself; (b) to guide (sb.), direct; (c) to make (the sides of a wound) even; set…

30. redūcen v.

58 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To lead (sb., the mind) back to virtue or correctness; restore (sb., the soul) to God; (b) to bring (a part of the body) back to health; restore (a quality); reinstate (sb.) in the possession of a…

31. rē̆incrudāten v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Alch. To reamalgamate (sth. with sth.), make an amalgam of (one body with another previously separated from it).

32. reiterāten v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To repeat (a process); also ppl. reiterat as adj.; (b) alch. to bring (sth.) back, reinduce.

33. revīven v.

26 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To regain consciousness; recover from illness or death; reviven ayen; (b) of activities: to occur again, recur; of courage: be renewed; of the soul or spirit: revive or be rejuvenated spiritually…

34. rubifīen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Alch. To turn the white elixir into the red elixir which transmutes base metals to gold; ppl. rubifiinge as adj.: turning red; (b) ppl. rubified, reddened, bloodied.

35. sē̆parāten v.

28 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To remove (sth.), detach completely; (b) to divide (sth., persons), keep apart; separaten from, separate (one thing or person) from (another); (c) alch. to refine (a substance) of impurities…

36. silveren v.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To cover (sth.) with silver; also fig.; also, color (sth.) silver; ppl. silvered, covered with silver; also, silver-colored; also fig.; (b) alch. to turn (metal) to silver, give (metal) the…

37. spotten v.

24 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To create colored spots on (food) by sprinkling or splashing coloring matter; ben spotted, be soiled or smudged (with dirt or muck); (b) ppl. spotted, speckled, marked with spots; also…

38. spǒusen v.

74 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To marry off (a maiden); give (a daughter) in marriage (to sb.); spousen togeder, unite (a maiden and a young man) in marriage; ben spoused, of a maiden: be given in marriage; be given in marriage…

39. sublī̆māten v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To elevate (sb., a church) in status, exalt; (b) alch. to undergo the process of sublimation; (c) to glorify (sth.), exalt.

40. sublīmen v.

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To glorify (a realm), extol, exalt; (b) alch. to refine (a substance) by heating it to the point of vaporization in an enclosed container and discarding the sediment; also, obtain (a refined…

41. suspenden v.

47 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To hang (sth.), hang up; suspenden from, support (the dura mater) by attachments from (the cranium); ppl. suspended, suspended (from a mast) so as to swing freely; (b) suspenden in the cros, to…

42. tāken v.

3092 quotations in 85 senses
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(a) To grip, take hold; taken to, clutch at (sb.), hold tight to; also, grasp [transl. of L adprehendere]; (b) to take hold of (sb. or sth.), grasp with the hand(s, grab; pick (sb. or sth.) up, lift…

43. transmūten v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To transform the appearance of (sb.); physiol. alter the color of (sth.); also, work a change in color [last quot.]; (b) to change (sb. into sth. else), metamorphose; (c) alch. to change (one…

44. washen v.

354 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To do household washing or cleaning [quot. c1400(?a1387)]; wash (sth.) in or with water or other liquid, clean by scrubbing, rinsing, soaking, etc. in liquid; wash (a dish, vessel); also, wash…

45. werken v.(1)

617 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) To act, behave, proceed; act (in a specified way), proceed (on the basis of sth., according to sth.), act (so as to do sth.), do (as one should, as sb. enjoins, according to sth., etc.); werken