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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. conǧēlen v.

38 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Of water: to solidify in low temperature, freeze; congelen to cristal, congelen hard, turn into ice, freeze; fig. congeled as frost, rigid, lifeless; (b) to freeze (sth.); congelen to hail.

3. dē̆scenden v.

105 quotations in 8 senses
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Of downward motion in space: (a) of rain: to fall; descenden doun fro (heaven); of a stream: flow down (from); of light, heat, lightning: stream down, descend; of an object: fall down, descend; from

4. distillen v.

50 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To flow or fall in drops; trickle, drop; distillen fro(m, distillen out of, distillen of, distillen doun, distillen into, distillen on, distillen to; (b) to shed drops; distillen on; (c) refl.

5. fermenten v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of dough: undergo fermentation; (b) alch. to cause (something) to effervesce, give off heat, and change its properties.

6. pū̆trefīen v.

26 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To decompose, rot; become putrid; (b) med. of tissue or fluid in a living body: to become putrid or gangrenous, fester; ppl. putrefied, rotted, gangrenous, suppurating; (c) alch. to decompose…

7. redūcen v.

58 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To lead (sb., the mind) back to virtue or correctness; restore (sb., the soul) to God; (b) to bring (a part of the body) back to health; restore (a quality); reinstate (sb.) in the possession of a…

8. revīven v.

26 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To regain consciousness; recover from illness or death; reviven ayen; (b) of activities: to occur again, recur; of courage: be renewed; of the soul or spirit: revive or be rejuvenated spiritually…

9. sublīmen v.

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To glorify (a realm), extol, exalt; (b) alch. to refine (a substance) by heating it to the point of vaporization in an enclosed container and discarding the sediment; also, obtain (a refined…

10. suspenden v.

47 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To hang (sth.), hang up; suspenden from, support (the dura mater) by attachments from (the cranium); ppl. suspended, suspended (from a mast) so as to swing freely; (b) suspenden in the cros, to…