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1. aggregāten v.

12 quotations in 2 senses
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To combine, collect, or gather (persons, things, qualities, etc.) into one body or sum. …

2. bresten v.

175 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To be broken, fall apart, break, shatter; bresten atwo, bresten atwinne, bresten in peces, bresten in sunder; (b) to break (sth.), shatter, crush; break (one's arm); ppl. brosten, of grain or……

3. drauen v.

766 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) To pull, tug, draw; pull in harness; (b) to pull (sb. or sth.), drag, tug at; pull up (a drawbridge); (c) to draw or withdraw (a part of the body); (d) to pull (a vehicle), tow (a ship), turn……

4. flēn v.(2)

76 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To strip the skin from (a person, a part of someone's body); also, to tear the skin to shreds (by blows, scourging, etc.); to strip (the skin from the flesh); flen of, to flay off (the skin); flen……

5. forbẹ̄den v.

191 quotations in 8 senses
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To prohibit (an action, a practice, a sin), to forbid (someone to do something);--usually with personal indirect object: (a) with that clause, usually neg. & subjunctive, as direct object; (b) with……

6. gaderen v.

213 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Of people: to come together, assemble, congregate; meet, have a meeting; gaderen abouten, gaderen unto, crowd around (sb.), surround; (b) refl. to come together, assemble; gaderen samen, gaderen……

7. gleuen v.(2)

31 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To stick (things) together with some mucilaginous substance; gleuen togeder(es; stick or fasten (sth. to a place), stick (sth.) to a surface; gleuen with, cover (a surface) with parchment by……

8. imbeuen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To initiate (sb. in the Christian faith), teach; imbeuen with; (b) med. & surg. to keep (sores) wet with humors or pus; ppl. imbeued, of a substance: soaked, saturated; of a liquid: having soaked……

9. kẹ̄pen v.

912 quotations in 36 senses
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(a) To care about (sb.), wish for (sth.), desire (sb. or sth.); kepen no bettre, want nothing better; kepen no more, desire nothing more; kepen of, care about (sb.); (b) kepen nought (nothing, not) of……

10. liften v.

169 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To raise (sb. or sth.) from the ground or other surface, pick (sth.) up; help (sb. on to a horse, to his feet); also fig. restore (a sinner) -- also without obj.; refl. of the sea: rise in waves……

11. lǒven v.(1)

423 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To feel affection or friendship for (sb., an animal), love; also, show love to (sb.), behave lovingly toward; (b) loven hem, to love each other or one another, be or become friends; loven hem……

12. 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……

13. mundifīen v.

25 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & surg. (a) To cleanse (a wound or infection); (b) to cleanse the body internally; (c) to purify blood, medicine, or grease; (d) to cleanse and clarify (the complexion). …

14. ō̆penen v.

336 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To unclose (a gate, door, window), open; open (a gate) to (sb.); (b) to open the door to (sb.); openen to, open the door to (sb.), permit (sb.) to enter; (c) without obj.: to unlock; as command……

15. parbrāken v.(1)

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To break into or through (a fortification); (b) to dash oneself to pieces; (c) med. and surg. to fracture (limbs or other parts of the body); break open (a wound). …

16. pẹ̄rcen v.

267 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To thrust a weapon, a horn, a needle, etc., through or into (sb. or sth., part of the body, armor, etc.); cut into (skin or flesh); shoot missiles into (sth.); percen of, pierce (sth.); percen……

17. prēparāten v.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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To prepare (sth.), make (sth.) ready; make (sth.); alch. prepare (sth.) for use in some process; sal preparate, ?refined salt; ?salt prepared for use in alchemy. …

18. prēserven v.

63 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To protect or preserve (sb. or sth.) from harm, damage, error, etc.; (b) preserven from, to preserve or protect (sb. or sth.) from (harm, difficulty, error, the Devil, etc.); (c) to save (sb……

19. prō̆vō̆ken v.

58 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To seek forgiveness of (God), supplicate; ppl. provoking, seeking or eliciting forgiveness; (b) law to appeal (a case to a higher authority). …

20. rupten v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & surg.: (a) To break open (a swelling) to discharge the enclosed matter; (b) to cauterize (skin); (c) to break open (a bodily part), rupture; (d) ppl. rupte as adj.: having a hernia. …

21. sē̆parāten v.

28 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To remove (sth.), detach completely; (b) to divide (sth., persons), keep apart; separaten from, separate (one thing or person) from (another); (c) alch. to refine (a substance) of impurities……

22. slēn v.

449 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To strike (sth.), beat; pitch (a tent); light (a fire); strike off (a head from the body); beat (metal into a shape) [quot.: c1175(?OE) HRood]; -- used without obj.; slen of, cut off (someone's……

23. spẹ̄den v.

294 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To achieve one's goal, accomplish one's purpose; fulfill one's expectation; also, refl. be successful; (b) speden in, to succeed in (sth., an action); speden of, succeed in obtaining (sth., sb. as……

24. sustẹ̄nen v.

279 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) To support (sb. or sth.) physically, hold upright; bear the weight of (sb. or sth.); prevent (sb. or sth.) from falling; also fig. & in fig. context; anat. support (a part of the body), provide a……

25. tāken v.

3094 quotations in 85 senses
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(a) To grip, take hold; taken to, clutch at (sb.), hold tight to; also, grasp [transl. of L adprehendere]; (b) to take hold of (sb. or sth.), grasp with the hand(s, grab; pick (sb. or sth.) up, lift……

26. undọ̄n v.

246 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To open a door or gate by unlocking it; open (a door, gate, window, etc.), unlock, unbar; uncover (a pit); unseal (a grave, tomb, etc.); also fig. (b) to unlock (a lock, locked container) with a……

27. unknitten v.

45 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To untie (a knot), undo; also, fig. untangle (the knot of a question), solve (b) fig. to undo (the knot or bond of marriage, love, etc.), cause to come apart; also, of the knot joining lovers:……

28. voiden v.

354 quotations in 16 senses
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(a) To empty (sth.) of its contents; clear (a house, country, etc.); also, rid (a land of a belief or sentiment); also fig. and in fig. context; ppl. voidede, emptied, cleared; of a river: drained……

29. werken v.(1)

617 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) To act, behave, proceed; act (in a specified way), proceed (on the basis of sth., according to sth.), act (so as to do sth.), do (as one should, as sb. enjoins, according to sth., etc.); werken……

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