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1. dēfīing ger.(2)

14 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The digestive process; act of digesting (food, etc.); defiing of stomak, the ability of the stomach to digest; (b) being digested, digestion. …

2. drauing(e ger.

Additional spellings: drauinge
68 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The action of pulling; pulling a plow, towing a ship, hauling with a cart; drauing bi her, tearing the hair; drauing up anker, weighing anchor; (b) drawing a sword; drawing the string of a bow……

3. putting(e ger.

Additional spellings: puttinge
77 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) The action of striking or thrusting; (b) the action of pushing or shoving; the action of poking [quot.: Palladius]; putting of hete, pressure of heat; o peine of putting oute of eien, on pain of……

4. resolving(e ger.

Additional spellings: resolvinge
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The process of reducing (a doctrine, etc.) to its fundamental principles, mental analysis; (b) med. & physiol. the process of softening or dissolving a humor, matter, etc., dissipation of……

5. stopping(e ger.

Additional spellings: stoppinge
36 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The act or fact of obstructing a road or lane; also, prohibiting access to a lane; the act or fact of obstructing the flow of water, blocking or damming a river or ditch; maken stopping, to make……

6. walming(e ger.

Additional spellings: walminge
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & physiol. The churning or roiling of fluids in the body; walming abouten herte, walming of the stomak, a sensation of queasiness, nausea; ?heartburn. …

7. withdrawing(e ger.

Additional spellings: withdrawinge
53 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The act of retreating from battle or combat (b) hesitation, reluctance to act or to undergo some experience; (c) refl. the act of staying away from or shunning a person or thing; (d) withdrawing……

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