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1. armen v.

116 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To equip oneself with weapons and armor, to arm oneself; don armen, leten armen, to cause (sb.) to arm himself, to have (oneself) armed; (b) refl. to put on one's battle gear, arm oneself; to……

2. barren v.

43 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To secure (a gate, a door) with bars or a bolt; to bar, block, or bolt; barren to; (b) to lock (a room); (c) to lock (sb.) up. …

3. bē̆nden v.(2)

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To wrap or tie (sth.); blindfold; set (jewels); (b) to provide (sth.) with stripes or borders, adorn or border (with sth.); (c) her. to provide (a shield) with a diagonal stripe; ppl. bended……

4. bō̆rdūren v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To provide (sth.) with an ornamental border; borduren abouten, with; (b) her. to provide (a shield) with a bordure. …

5. dēparten v.

252 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To take one's leave, go away, depart; departen awei; (b) departen fro (awei fro, from, out of), to go away from (sb. or sth., a place); departen from, retreat from (foes); fig. departen from lif,……

6. dismembren v.

28 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To cut off the members or limbs of (a person, an animal); tear (sb.) limb from limb, dismember; dismembren asondre, dismembren joint fro joint, dismembren lim and lith, dismembren on peces; (b) to……

7. displaien v.

37 quotations in 4 senses
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To unfurl, raise, or display (a banner, a pennon); also fig. …

8. endenten v.

52 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To make notches, dents, or indentations in (something); give (something) a toothed, serrate, or jagged character or appearance; (b) fig. heckle. …

9. flǒuren v.(1)

55 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of a blossom: to open; of a plant: to bloom, blossom; of a field, etc.: to become full of flowers; (b) of wine: transl. L flavescit, to turn golden. …

10. frēten v.(2)

31 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To adorn or decorate (something), to ornament (with an inlay of gold or precious stones), to interweave (a garment with gold thread, etc.); (b) fretted ful (all) of, thickly set with (gems, etc.)……

11. pā̆len v.(2)

33 quotations in 2 senses
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To construct a paling; enclose (sth.) with a paling; ppl. fenced, fortified, enclosed; palen abouten, raise a paling around (sth.); -- also refl. enclose (oneself) with a paling [quot.: (a1420)]. …

12. parten v.

278 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To divide (sth.); parten in (on) two (thre, etc.), divide (sth., a group of people) in two (three, etc.) parts or shares; parten on twein, divide (sth.) in two; also fig.; parten in ser, divide……

13. pīlen v.(2)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To fasten (sb.) to (sth.) with nails; (b) to establish (sth.) firmly in position; (c) to drive piles into (the ground) as support for a structure; (d) her. piled armes, a coat of arms containing……

14. pǒudren v.

67 quotations in 5 senses
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To make a powder of (sth.), grind, pulverize. …

15. quartẹ̄̆ren v.

25 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To divide (sth.) into four parts; also, cut (sth.) up; four-quartered, divided into four parts; six-quartered, six-sided; (b) to cut the body of (sb.) into four quarters, as a punishment; (c) to……

16. rāsen v.(1)

112 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To scrape (sth.); also, shave (sb., somebody's crown); (b) to make erasures; erase (writing, a passage of writing, etc.); scrape (a page, book) clean; emend (a document) by erasure; rasen awei……

17. raumpen v.

32 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Of a snake, dragon: to creep on the ground, crawl; ppl. raumpinge, ?rearing up; ?also, climbing; (b) ppl. raumpinge as adj., of unfledged hawks: creeping, unable to fly. …

18. recǒupen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To cut short (someone's words), interrupt; ppl. recouped, her. of parts of animals represented as heraldic charges such as a lion's paws: cut off cleanly. …

19. setten v.

1640 quotations in 40 senses
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(a) To make (sb.) sit, seat (sb.); also, with partitive construction: setten of..over heigh setle, fig. seat (someone's offspring) upon (his) high throne, make to rule; setten adoun (doun, up), make……

20. splaien v.

28 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To unfurl (a banner, flag), display; splaien oute; (b) ppl. splaied, displayed on a banner. …

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