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661. vǒuchen v.

49 quotations in 5 senses
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To summon (sb., a group of individuals), call; vouchen to recorde, call upon (sb., God) for corroboration of a statement, call as witness; law vouchen to warant, vouchen ani garant, summon (sb.) to…

662. wāǧen v.

49 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To offer surety (for sb. that he will not do sth.), guarantee;—also refl.; also, ?offer security or certainty [2nd quot.] (b) to give (sth.) as a pledge or as surety; also, pay (a ransom,…

663. warant n.

73 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) One who guards or defends, a protector;—also used of God; also, a champion; drauen to warant, to resort to or betake oneself (to sb. or Christ) as a protector or for protection;—also refl. (b)…

664. waranten v.

41 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
To act as protector, afford protection [quot. a1470, 2nd]; protect (sb. or sth., oneself), shield; also, guarantee the safety of (sth.), guard; save (sb. from death), rescue.

665. warantī(e n.

Additional spellings: warantie
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A formal guarantee or assurance of quality; also, the validation or authorization of one’s claim on God’s mercy (provided by Christ’s passion) (b) law a guarantee of title to property, a formal…

666. warantīen v.

8 quotations in 2 senses
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To protect (sb. or sth.), shield; also, save (sb. from hell).

667. waranting ger.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Defense, protection; maken waranting, to guarantee security (for someone’s life) (b) yeven no waranting, ?to permit no defense, i.e., be impossible to avoid; (c) callen to waranting, law to have…

668. warantīse n.

21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) ?A protector, defender; ?protection, refuge (b) something that provides authorization, validation, etc., a guarantee, an assurance; also, the validation of one’s claim on God’s mercy provided by…

669. warantīsen v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To protect (sb.), shield, keep safe (b) law to provide guarantee of title to property [quots. 1st & c1460 last]; guarantee (to sb.) the right to possess (sth.); guarantee (to sb., a church) the…

670. warantīzing(e ger.

Additional spellings: warantizinge
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Law The guaranteeing of title to property; ?also, an instrument or a document serving to guarantee title.

671. warden v.(2)

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Law To render (a decision); issue (a formal legal decision); also, decree (that sth. will be so) in a court case.

672. ward-penī n.

Additional spellings: wardpeni
25 quotations in 1 sense
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Law (a) A customary rent, required of individual and corporate tenants or assessed on units of land by a feudal superior or the crown, in some instances conceived as a payment in commutation of guard…

673. warisǒun n.

56 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A reward or payment bestowed by a superior in exchange for some service; also used iron. [quot. a1470]; also, specif. a reward in the form of property (b) heavenly reward; hevenli warisoun,…

674. warnen v.

207 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To give notice of some existing circumstance or a past or coincident event, make something known (b) to inform (sb., sb. of sth.), notify, advise; (c) to announce (sth. to sb.), proclaim,…

675. warning(e ger.

Additional spellings: warninge
68 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Notice of an existing situation, a current event, etc., notification (b) prior notice of an approaching or anticipated event, situation, etc., advance notification; also, a prediction,…

676. wā̆st(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: waste
82 quotations in 9 senses
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Uncultivated or uninhabited land; wilderness, desert; also, a tract of uncultivated, barren, or desolate land; ?also, a parcel of land left fallow or untended [quot. a1467].

677. wed n.

94 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Something temporarily held by or deposited with a creditor in order to ensure payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation; a security; also fig.; ?also, an undertaking to pay, a pledge or…

678. weif n.

27 quotations in 1 sense
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Law (a) Property, including livestock, app. ownerless and hence subject to seizure and forfeiture, abandoned goods; weif and strai (b) a piece of such property, a stray domestic animal; weifs and

679. weiven v.(1)

114 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To fail (to do sth.); decline (to do sth.); also, disobey a command (that one do sth.) (b) to eschew (joy, a vice, etc.); refuse (a gift, food, etc.); also, decline (an office); (c) to resist…

680. wemming(e ger.

Additional spellings: wemminge
10 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Physical corruption, decay; damage, impairment; (b) bodily harm, physical injury; (c) sexual defilement, loss of virginity; (d) law ?an objection or a challenge to a judgment.