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1. aǧisten v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To use or let (land, esp. woods) for pasture; ben agisted, have a right to pasture; (b) to pasture (livestock), or put to pasture, for a rent.

2. ap(p)rǒuen v.

Additional spellings: approuen
13 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Law To appropriate (common land) to one's own use and profit [in accordance with the Statutes of Merton (1236) and Westminster (1285)]; -- refl. & intr.; (b) to assign (sth.) as property; (c) to…

3. attachen, -ien v.

Additional spellings: attachien
26 quotations in 3 senses
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Law (a) To distrain or bind (sb.) to appear in court; attachen bodi, distrain (someone's) person; attachen bi borwes; (b) to take into custody, arrest (sb.), take prisoner; (c) to sequester or attach…

4. baffen v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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To bark or bay.

5. dēcīden v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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To determine (sth.), decide (a question, dispute, legal case).

6. enacten v.

23 quotations in 3 senses
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Of a legislative authority: to make (something) law or legally binding; hence, to ordain or decree;--with obj. or that clause.

7. endīten v.

71 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To write or compose (a book, poem, letter, etc.);--with or without obj.; (b) to write (in a certain language, manner, or style); (c) to compose (a song, a Psalm); (d) of oral composition or…

8. endōsen v.

14 quotations in 3 senses
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Law (a) To confirm or approve (a charter, bill, agreement, etc.), [orig. by writing on the back of the document];--also fig.; (b) to approve a reply to (a petition), to grant (a petition) under seal…

9. enfeffen v.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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To grant (land, an estate, an office, rights, revenue, etc.) under the feudal system;--three constructions occur: (a) to enfeoff (a person); (b) to enfeoff (someone in, on, of something); (c) to…

10. eschēten v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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To make (property, etc.) revert (to the king or lord); to confiscate.

11. frǒunen v.

17 quotations in 2 senses
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To frown as an expression of disapproval, displeasure, shame, fear, or jealousy; frounen with the nose, sneer; frounen upon or agein, express disapproval of (someone or something), frown upon.

12. imprǒuen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To enclose land for agricultural purposes; (b) to increase (income); (c) ppl. improued, ?approved, ?beloved.

13. mercīen v.(2)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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To levy fines; fine (sb.).

14. ǒutlauen v.

42 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To pronounce (sb.) an outlaw; banish (sb.), exile; (b) to ostracize (sb.); exclude (sb. from an assembly); also fig. banish (sb. from heaven or paradise); (c) to banish (charity, reason, Holy…

15. pannāǧen v.

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To release (swine) in a forest to feed on acorns, etc.

16. prēserven v.

63 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To protect or preserve (sb. or sth.) from harm, damage, error, etc.; (b) preserven from, to preserve or protect (sb. or sth.) from (harm, difficulty, error, the Devil, etc.); (c) to save (sb…

17. rakken v.(2)

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To draw off (wine) from one vessel to another, leaving the lees; rakken to the lies, draw off (a wine) down to the lees.

18. 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

19. recompenden v.

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To pay (for debts).

20. rescǒuen v.

55 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To rescue or deliver (sb.) from captivity, fire, death, hell, abduction, etc.; keep (sb. from hell, death); also, raise (sb.) from the dead; (b) to aid (sb. in battle or under siege), relieve…