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1. annullen v.

29 quotations in 3 senses
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Law & gov. (a) Declare null and void: deny (a claim), dismiss (an accusation), quash (an indictment); cancel or revoke (a charter, a privilege); set aside or repeal (an order, statute, or law); (b)…

2. assoilen v.

68 quotations in 5 senses
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Eccl. (a) To absolve (sb.) of sin by divine or sacerdotal authority; grant (sb.) remission of sins or penance; assoilen a pena et a culpa; (b) release (sb. from hell, purgatory, or the bonds of sin)…

3. 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.

4. 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…

5. confermen v.

116 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To endorse, ratify, approve or confirm (a law, treaty, doctrine, etc.) officially or authoritatively; (b) to endorse or approve (an elected or appointed official, the establishment of a religious…

6. confessen v.

38 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To admit (a fault, damaging fact, transgression); -- with obj., refl., or ben confessed (of sth.); (b) to admit (a fact, truth); confessen the soth; (c) to reveal (sth.).

7. corǒunen v.(1)

99 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To crown (sb.) ceremoniously, invest with sovereignty; (b) corounen (sb.) king, corounen to kinge, corounen to the kingdom, to crown (sb.) as king, etc.; (c) crouned king, etc., a king that has…

8. enterdīten v.

26 quotations in 2 senses
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Eccl. To place under the ban of the Church: (a) to cut off (a nation or a region) from the public ministrations of the Church; (b) to bar (a church) from the performance of its ecclesiastical…

9. inducten v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Eccl. To put (a clergyman) in possession of a benefice; inducten in, install (a monk) as prior of (a priory); (b) to persuade or induce (sb.); (c) to introduce (sth. into a part of the body).

10. institūten v.

18 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To establish (a sacrament, a religious observance); set up (a system of social organization); found (a religious order, an order of knighthood); organize (people) into an order; (b) to mint (a…

11. ismīten v.

82 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To strike (sb. or sth.), hit, beat; also fig.; (b) in phrases: ismiten adoun (doun), to knock or strike (sth.) down; also fig.; also fell (a tree); -- used in fig. context; ismiten awei, of water…

12. martiren v.

48 quotations in 2 senses
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Eccl. To put (sb.) to death as a martyr, make a martyr of (sb.); torture and execute (sb.) for professing the Christian faith.

13. nimen v.

562 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) To take (sth.), pick up (sth.); draw (a weapon), take up, take out; grab (sth.), grasp, seize; pick (a fruit); also fig.; also, use (sth.); (b) to take away (sth.); bear (sth.), carry off; take…

14. prē̆senten v.

124 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To introduce (sb. or sth.) formally or ceremonially; present (a soul to God); also, induct (sb.) into office; presenten biforen (to), present (sb.) to (sb.); also refl. present oneself; (b) to…

15. provendren v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Eccl. To provide (sb.) with a prebend.

16. prōviden v.

92 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To make provision for the future, exercise foresight; also refl. prepare oneself; ben provided, be prepared; (b) providen for (ayen), to make provision for (against) something; providen biforen of

17. putten v.

1280 quotations in 42 senses
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(a) To push, shove, thrust; strike a blow, smite; putten with fet, trample, kick; putten with fet and hondes, thrust with feet and hands; putten ayen, push against (sb.); stumble against (sb.); putten

18. 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…

19. sacren v.

100 quotations in 4 senses
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Eccl. & theol.: (a) To consecrate the body and blood of Christ in the Mass, celebrate the Eucharist; (b) to consecrate (bread and wine, the body and blood of Christ, the Host) in the Mass; celebrate…

20. sacrifīen v.

32 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To offer a sacrifice before a deity, perform sacrificial rites; sacrifien togeder, ?make a collective sacrifice; (b) to offer (sb. or sth., the life of a victim) to a deity as a sacrifice; also fi