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1. 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]…

2. assīgnen v.

117 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To allot or allocate (sth. to sb.) for use or possession; assign (an area to a continent); (b) transfer, convey (property); bequeath (property) by will; allot (dower); (c) allot (a condition or…

3. avālen v.

62 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To lower (sth.); drop (sth.); (b) to sink or drop down; descend; (c) of liquids: subside, recede.

4. collecten v.

6 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To accumulate; (b) ppl. culled, gathered (from various sources).

5. commū̆nen v.

92 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To distribute (sth.) in shares, deal out; communen to, give (sth.) to (sb.) as his share; communen with, share (sth.) with (others); (b) to have a share (in sth.), participate; enter into…

6. dēclīnen v.

80 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of motion in space: to turn, turn away, go away; declinen aside, turn aside, go out of the direct path; declinen dounward, of the sun: begin to set; declinen fro, turn or go away from (sb.)…

7. enhauncen, -ien v.

Additional spellings: enhauncien
77 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To raise (something) physically, make higher; raise (a weapon for a blow); (b) erect (a cross, a pillar); (c) raise the level of (the ground); turn up (furrows); stir up (waves).

8. fallen v.

598 quotations in 57 senses
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(a) Of any object: to move more or less freely downward through space (from a higher to a lower position); to descend, drop, fall; of Lucifer and his followers: to fall (from heaven into hell); fallen

9. halven v.

13 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To divide (sth.) into two halves or equal parts; share (sth.) equally (with another); (b) to reduce (sth.) to half; (c) astron. to cross (the equinoctial), making days and nights of equal length…

10. joinen v.(1)

241 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To join (things) into a whole, unite, combine; joinen togederes; (b) joinen to (unto, with), to fasten (sth.) to (sth.) to form a whole; -- also refl.; (c) to combine (colors, parts of a word).

11. sterten v.

265 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To leap, jump; cavort, caper, prance; also fig.; also, jump up and down in joy or fear; sterten up, leap up in the air; also fig.; ppl. stertinge, leaping, bounding, skipping; (b) with prep…

12. 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…