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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. calcīnen v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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Alch. & med. (a) To reduce (sth.) to powder by heating; (b) to change the nature of (sth.) by heating in a certain way.

3. 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.

4. crū̆cifīen v.

31 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To crucify (sb.); (b) Crist crucified, Christ on the cross; also, a crucifix; (c) ?to fasten (crabs) to stakes.

5. 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

6. dīē̆ten v.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To regulate the diet of (oneself, another) for purposes of health; dieten with, feed (sb.) with (a certain food); (b) alch. to regulate the growth of (the 'body' of dry matter) by adding or…

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. glōrifīen v.

58 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To praise (sb. or sth.), honor, extol; praise or honor (God) in worship, ascribe glory to; (b) to vaunt (one's high estate); glorifien of, be proud of (sth.), boast of; (c) refl. to glorify…

10. glǒtien v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To feed (sb.) to repletion; (b) fig. to surfeit or cloy (the heart); (c) alch. to augment (the 'matter') too rapidly, flood; (d) to swallow or eat to excess.

11. mortifīen v.

51 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To kill (sb.); mortifien and quikenen, of God: take and give life; also fig. destroy (sth.); render (the heart) insensible; (b) of courage: to die out; (c) ?fig.; ?meaning influenced by mortisen

12. 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…

13. rāǧen v.

36 quotations in 4 senses
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To be furious; have a fit of insanity.

14. rectifīen v.

29 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To set (sb.) straight in conduct or behavior, correct (an error); mend (one's ways); refl. correct or reform oneself; (b) to guide (sb.), direct; (c) to make (the sides of a wound) even; set…

15. 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…

16. 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…

17. rubifīen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Alch. To turn the white elixir into the red elixir which transmutes base metals to gold; ppl. rubifiinge as adj.: turning red; (b) ppl. rubified, reddened, bloodied.

18. spǒusen v.

74 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To marry off (a maiden); give (a daughter) in marriage (to sb.); spousen togeder, unite (a maiden and a young man) in marriage; ben spoused, of a maiden: be given in marriage; be given in marriage…

19. 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…

20. 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…