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1. fīnden v.

437 quotations in 23 senses
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Of persons or of things viewed as agents: to come upon, encounter, or meet (someone or something) by chance or in the course of events (usually with the notion of perceiving or recognizing the person……

2. isomnen v.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To invite (sb.); (b) to call (sb.) into the presence of another, summon; order (sb.) to appear; also, order (sb. to come to a specific place); (c) law to cite (sb.) to appear before a court or……

3. knouen v.

844 quotations in 23 senses
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(a) To be aware of (sth.) as a fact; know (that sth. is true, has happened, etc.); (b) with that clause or pronoun and that clause; (c) with who, which, what, when, wher, hou, or whi clause; (d) with……

4. quiēt-claimen v.

Additional spellings: quietclaimen
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Law To relinquish one's right to (money, property, the performance of an obligation, a legal claim), quitclaim. …

5. rejoinen v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Law To reply a second time to (a plaintiff's charge or complaints), rejoin; -- also intr. …

6. sāven v.

335 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To afford or bring about safety; also, bring victory [1st quot.]; (b) to deliver (sb., a city, people, etc.) from some danger; rescue (sb. or sth.), bring to safety; -- also refl.; recover (a……

7. setten v.

1640 quotations in 40 senses
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(a) To make (sb.) sit, seat (sb.); also, with partitive construction: setten of..over heigh setle, fig. seat (someone's offspring) upon (his) high throne, make to rule; setten adoun (doun, up), make……

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. streinen v.(2)

12 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To cut (sth.) off; -- also without obj.; (b) to confine (sb.); (c) in glossaries, glossing L distringere; (d) ppl. streined as adj., of a sword: drawn. …

10. strengen v.(1)

47 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To prevail; (b) to impart strength; also, of a medicine: provide the potency (to cure an illness). …

11. 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.)……

12. 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……

13. yẹ̄de v.

447 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) Of a person or creature: walked; also, was able to walk [quot. c1440]; yede on fot, yede on his fet, yede upright, etc.; yede afote, was on foot (b) walked (in a certain manner); (c) in……

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