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1. abāten, -i(en v.

Additional spellings: abati, abatien
99 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To knock down or demolish (a wall, etc.); (b) to knock (sb.) down; strike down or defeat (an enemy); (c) strike (sail); cast down (a banner).

2. adden v.

34 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To join or combine (sth. with sth. else), add (sth.); (b) to say or write (sth.) in addition, add (sth.) as an amplification or a supplement; also, to speak further, continue; (c) adden to don, to…

3. borwen v.

86 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To take (sth.) with the understanding that it will be returned, receive (sth.) on credit, borrow; esp., to obtain (money) by pledging something as security or by finding sureties to guarantee…

4. brēken v.

592 quotations in 47 senses
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(a) To break (an object) into parts; dash to pieces; destroy the wholeness of (an object); shatter (a weapon) in combat; crush (the human body, etc.); breken atwo, breken asonder, breken in peces

5. bringen v.

332 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To bring (sth.), fetch, lead, convey, take, send; bringen awei, chase away; bringen into, drive (sb.) into (a place); (b) bringen biforen (toforen), to bring (sb.) into the presence of; also, say…

6. calculen v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Math. To reckon or compute (sth.), count; prepare (a mathematical table); also, to suppose (that sth. is true); (b) astrol. to cast horoscopes, etc.; solve (a problem) by calculation, find (an…

7. compōsen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To write or compose (a book); (b) to agree formally (to do sth.), contract; (c) math. composed, complex (number).

8. cūbiken v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Math. To take the cube root of (a number).

9. 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,

10. dī̆minūen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To reduce or lessen (sth.); (b) math. to subtract; (c) to speak disparagingly, utter detraction.

11. dī̆vīden v.

93 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To separate (sth.) into parts; break up, cut up, dismember, divide; part (a body of water, etc.); split up (an empire); (b) to separate (a group of people or things); (c) to break (sth.) up…

12. dǒublen v.

51 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To duplicate (sth.); doublen wive, take two or more wives; doubled, paired; (b) to consist of two different kinds or colors; doublen on brede, spread out in two directions; (c) to 'second' (a…

13. drauen v.

766 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) To pull, tug, draw; pull in harness; (b) to pull (sb. or sth.), drag, tug at; pull up (a drawbridge); (c) to draw or withdraw (a part of the body); (d) to pull (a vehicle), tow (a ship), turn…

14. lēnen v.(3)

218 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To give or grant (sth.) to (sb.); give to (the poor); pay (tribute); give, be generous; lenen to, give (sth.) to (sb.); (b) to give (sb. a woman) in marriage; (c) to grant or give (sb. strength…

15. medien v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Math. To divide (a number) by two; halve (a number).

16. multiplīen v.

157 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To become greater in size, amount, number, or intensity; increase, grow, spread; increase (for sb.) [quot.: a1425]; (b) to thrive, prosper, flourish.

17. 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…

18. quā̆dren v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Math. To take the square root of a number; ben quadred, of a number: have its square root taken.

19. reserven v.

75 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To keep (sth.), preserve, save, retain; preserve (sth. in remembrance); (b) to set aside (money, property for a specific purpose); keep (sb. or sth.) for future use; (c) to allow (sb.) to live…