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1. alleǧǧen, alēǧen v.(2)

Additional spellings: alegen
30 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To alleviate, mitigate, or allay (suffering, grief, tribulation, etc.); (b) lighten or reduce (burdensome obligations, responsibilities, etc.); (c) reduce or remit (a penalty); (d) med. mitigate…

2. ap(p)līen v.

Additional spellings: applien
79 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To join or combine (with); attach (to sth.); adhere; aplien aright, to fit properly; -- with to phrase; (b) to gather, assemble (members of a group); (c) to include (in a set); (d) med. apply (a…

3. attenden v.

53 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To pay attention (to sth.); devote oneself (to a task or purpose); study (sth.); -- with to, til, unto, on phr., or with obj.; (b) attenden from, turn attention away from, avoid; (c) ppl. attent

4. bassen v.(2)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Med. To wash (a sore or lesion), wet, soak.

5. bāsten v.(2)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To permeate (sth.) with liquid, perfuse: (a) cook. to soak (bread); to baste (a fowl); (b) med. to apply a moist compress to (a wound); (c) in tanning leather: to soak (a hide) in a solution of alum…

6. 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.

7. chaufen v.

70 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To make (sth. or sb.) warm, heat; chaufen the bath, warm the bath water; (b) to warm (oneself); (c) to grow warm or hot.

8. clarifīen v.

47 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To separate the clear part (of a liquid) from the dregs, free (honey, butter, liquids) from impurities causing opacity, clarify; refine (metal); ?also, become clear; (b) fig. to free (sb.) from…

9. cǒmforten v.

132 quotations in 9 senses
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To strengthen (sb.) spiritually, inspire with fortitude or courage; comforten herte; also, assure, reassure (sb.).

10. commū̆nen v.

92 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To distribute (sth.) in shares, deal out; communen to, give (sth.) to (sb.) as his share; communen with, share (sth.) with (others); (b) to have a share (in sth.), participate; enter into…

11. constreinen v.

106 quotations in 8 senses
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Of a person: (a) to compel or force (sb. to do sth.), make (sb. do sth.); also, oblige, induce; (b) constreinen herte, constreinen wil, to exert pressure or compulsion on (someone's) heart or will…

12. corrōden v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. To eat away or destroy (organic tissue): said of (a) noxious humours, ulcers, etc.; (b) a corrosive medicine or application.

13. cǒveren v.(1)

186 quotations in 17 senses
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(a) To cover (an object) by laying or spreading material over or about it; cover up or envelop; also, coveren above, coveren up; (b) of the material: to cover (the object).

14. crampen v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To bend (sth.), curl, curve, twist; (b) to bend, genuflect; (c) med. to afflict (part of the body) with spasms.

15. dēfenden v.

188 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To fight in defense of (sth.), defend (sb.) by fighting; fight defensively; defenden from, defend against (sb.); (b) refl. to defend oneself; also, put up a fight; defenden ayen, defenden fro

16. dēfǒulen v.

151 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To walk on (sth.), trample upon; trample (sb.); tread on (cloth), full; tread (a wine press); (b) fig. to trample on (one's life, Christ, religion, truth, temptation, etc.), treat harshly or…

17. dēliveren v.

191 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To save (sb.), rescue, give relief to; -- also refl.; ppl. deliverend, rescuer, benefactor; delivered, the saved, the redeemed; (b) deliveren fro, deliveren from, deliveren of, deliveren out of.

18. dēnīen v.

64 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To deny (a fact, truth, or belief); deny the validity of (a doctrine or conclusion); refuse to believe in (sth.); also, express a denial; (b) to deny (an accusation); express a denial.

19. dēpressen v.

24 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To force (sth.) down, drive (sb.) downward; push down, crush; (b) med. to condense (sth.); thicken (the skin), reduce (a swelling); (c) p.ppl. depresse, drooping..

20. disdeinen v.

47 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To be disdainful of (sth.), hold (sb.) in contempt, scorn (sb. or sth.); also fig.; (b) to scorn (to do sth.); -- also impers.; (c) to display contempt or scorn; also with at or with phrase.