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1. amortīsen v.

12 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Law To alienate (property) in mortmain; -- usu. with to phrase; (b) to hold (property) in mortmain. …

2. cassen v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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Law To make (sth.) null and void, annul, quash; abolish (a guild). …

3. causen v.(1)

41 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To cause, effect, or produce (sth.); (b) to bring about or induce (an event or situation); cause (an action); (c) to bring (sth.) into existence, produce; (d) cause causing [L causa causans]……

4. dampnen v.

95 quotations in 5 senses
Sense / Definition
To pass adverse judgment upon (sth., sb.); condemn or repudiate (a doctrine); object to or condemn (a practice); ban (a book); blame, censure or criticize (sb.). …

5. endenten v.

53 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To make notches, dents, or indentations in (something); give (something) a toothed, serrate, or jagged character or appearance; (b) fig. heckle. …

6. endōsen v.

14 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
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……

7. engrōssen v.

44 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To gather, collect, or acquire (something) in large quantity or numbers; (b) to accumulate or buy (goods) in such quantity as to cause scarcity, to forestall (the market), to corner (a commodity……

8. enquēren, -ien v.

Additional spellings: enquerien
89 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To ask (a question, or questions), to ask for (specific information);--often with of phr. of the person questioned; (b) enqueren after, of, upon, to ask about (someone or something); ben enquering……

9. imparken v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To take possession of (land), enclose; (b) to enclose (cattle); fig. encircle (sb.) in battle; (c) law to impound (cattle). …

10. reciten v.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To relate events, describe; say (sth.), state, recount; -- sometimes with clause; ppl. recited, mentioned; (b) law to state (sth.) in a legal proceeding; -- sometimes with clause; (c) to offer up……

11. recognīsen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Law To resume possession of (land held by a tenant). …

12. resō̆rten v.

92 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To return, go back; of sickness, the Golden Age: recur, come again; resorten hom, return home; ben resorted, be come again; (b) resorten to (in-to, unto), to return to (sb., a place or position……

13. returnen v.

97 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To turn about, turn around; also fig.; returnen ayen; returnen to (upon), turn back to face (sb.); (b) to make a turn, change direction; fig. revolt; returnen unto, turn toward (sb.); returnen to……

14. 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……

15. vesten v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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In phrase: ben vested in, law of property: to be secured in the possession of (sb.). …

16. wāǧen v.

49 quotations in 6 senses
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(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,……

17. 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,……

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