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1. 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……

2. champartīe n.

17 quotations in 3 senses
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Law The practice of aiding a litigant for a share of the matter in dispute, champerty. …

3. 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……

4. ēsement n.

44 quotations in 5 senses
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The comforts of life, conveniences; accommodation, entertainment; shelter, lodging; food and drink, provender; at your esement, at your convenience. …

5. pit n.

200 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A natural or man-made depression in the ground, hole, pit, ditch; cave; also fig.; also, an open excavation from which some mineral product is obtained or in which some industrial process is……

6. reprīse n.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Law A fixed charge or expense deducted annually from the revenues of an estate; over the reprise, aboven all charges and reprise, etc., net; (b) cost, expense; (c) ?act of taking back, capturing……

7. returnāble adj.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Likely to return; of Christ: appointed to return; of chance: rebounding to and fro; also, reciprocal [last quot.]; (b) law of a writ or other document: designated to be returned to a court by a……

8. somnen v.

105 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To urge (sb. to do sth.), invite, call upon; order (sb. to do sth.); -- also with that clause; ben somned, be called upon (to do sth.), be obliged; ben somned to, be invited to (a feast); (b) ?to……

9. tachen v.(1)

37 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To fasten (sth. to sth.), attach; also fig.;—also without obj.; nail (sb. to a cross or tree); also, sew (sth. to a garment); ppl. tachinge, sticking together, gluey; (b) to tie (a horse to sth.)……

10. taille n.

80 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A slash, cut; (b) a style, fashion, manner in which cloth is cut; (c) physical appearance, shape; (d) coll. slips of wood, cuttings; also [1st quot.], ?a thicket; ?undergrowth [this word and the……

11. verdit n.

20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Law A decision rendered by a jury in an inquest or a court case, verdict; verdit yeldinge; yeven verdit; seien (supposen) for verdit, to find (that sth. is or was the case), make a ruling (b) a……

12. 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)……

13. 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……

14. 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……

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