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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. 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…

3. alterāten v.

19 quotations in 2 senses
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Phil., physiol., med., alch.: (a) To change, modify, transform; alteraten to (sth.); (b) to change for the worse; affect adversely; deteriorate; (c) to change for the better; affect beneficially…

4. alteren v.

26 quotations in 2 senses
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Phil., physiol., med., alch., astrol. (a) To change, modify, transform; alteren to (sth.); (b) to change for the worse; affect adversely; deteriorate; (c) to change for the better; affect…

5. apertīven v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Med. To open the pores.

6. 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…

7. arēren, arẹ̄ren v.

132 quotations in 15 senses
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(a) To raise (sth.) to a vertical position; to set upright; areren up; (b) of a horse: to rear.

8. 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

9. attracten v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To attract (sth.); attract (sb.) as an ally; (b) med. to draw out (diseased matter); treat by drawing out diseased matter.

10. avoiden v.

96 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To empty (a place), clear (of people); to empty (sb.); fig. to rid (the heart of sadness); avoiden of; (b) med. to cleanse (the body of rotten humors, etc.); avoiden fro, avoiden of; to evacuate…

11. basken v.

6 quotations in 2 senses
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Intrans. to bathe (in blood), bask, wallow; also refl.; basken aboute.

12. bassen v.(2)

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

13. 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…

14. bī̆nden v.

371 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) To tie (sth.) up, as with a cord; bind (sheaves); gather or hold together, as with a girdle; tie (a bag, purse) shut; tie off, as with a tourniquet; (b) to tie or fasten (sb., sth. to sth. else)…

15. 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…

16. 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.

17. carmināten v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. To disperse (matter, humors), remove.

18. carminen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Med. To disperse (coagulated matter, humors, etc.).

19. casten v.

623 quotations in 27 senses
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(a) To throw (sth.) to a distance, fling, hurl; pour or sprinkle (water); (b) sift (sand); (c) scatter (seed), sow; (d) throw at (sb.).

20. cathaplasmāten v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. To apply a cataplasm to (sth.), to poultice; to apply (a medicinal preparation) in the form of a poultice.

21. 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.

22. 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…

23. clensen v.

101 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To separate (the grain) from the chaff and other refuse, sift, winnow; (b) to free (liquid, etc.) from sediment and impurities, clarify, strain; (c) to free (metal) of dross, refine; refl. be…

24. 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.).

25. 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…

26. 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…

27. 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.

28. 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).

29. 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.

30. crẹ̄pen v.

148 quotations in 8 senses
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To crawl like a snake or worm; ppl. cropen, crawled, having crawled, that has (have) crawled; icropen in drit, crawling in filth.

31. 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

32. dēfīen v.(2)

61 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To digest (food, drink); carry on digestive processes; defien with teth, masticate; god to defien, beneficial to digestion; ppl. defiing, promoting digestion, digestible; (b) to be digested; (c)…

33. 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…

34. 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.

35. 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.

36. 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..

37. dīaforāre v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Med. To promote perspiration.

38. dīǧesten v.

29 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To digest (food, drink); carry on digestive processes; (b) to make (one's stomach) digest; (c) of wine: to cause (food) to be digested; (d) of plants: to transform and assimilate (fluids).

39. dighten v.

278 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To prepare (sth.), get ready for use; dig (a grave), tune (one's voice), polish (arrows, instruments), repair (equipment); (b) to ornament (sth.), adorn; dye (a cloth) [quot.St.Anne]; (c) to…

40. discrāsen v.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Med. To affect (sb., bodily parts) with disease brought on by an unfavorable combination of humors; (b) fig. to corrupt (sb.) morally.

41. 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.

42. dissolven v.

62 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To break up or dissolve (a solid); dissolven to (into), reduce (a solid) to (a liquid), liquify; (b) of a solid: to break up or melt; of dew: evaporate; of a cloud: to break up, vanish; -- also…

43. distemperen v.

33 quotations in 6 senses
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Physiol. To upset the proper balance of the humors or qualities.

44. distillen v.

50 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To flow or fall in drops; trickle, drop; distillen fro(m, distillen out of, distillen of, distillen doun, distillen into, distillen on, distillen to; (b) to shed drops; distillen on; (c) refl.

45. distracten v.

25 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To distract (sb., the mind, etc.); divert (sb. from an observance); distracten fro, distracten to; (b) ppl. distract, distracted; distracten aboute, absent-minded.

46. dī̆verten v.

18 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To turn (in a certain direction); diverten aside; diverten fro, depart from (a place); fig. escape from, avoid (a fraud); diverten to, go to (a place); (b) to turn (sb.) away, repulse; avert (a…

47. 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…

48. drīen v.(1)

100 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To make (sth.) dry; dry (oneself, one's clothes); evaporate the moisture from (sth.); (b) to dry (sth.) by wiping, wipe dry; wipe away (tears); dry (one's eyes); (c) to make (moisture) evaporate…

49. elevāten v.

14 quotations in 5 senses
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To raise to a higher position.

50. encǒmbren, -ien v.

Additional spellings: encombrien
50 quotations in 6 senses
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To hinder or block; to get stuck; to choke (grass).

51. enǧendren v.

59 quotations in 9 senses
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Of progenitors: to beget or have (offspring); of offspring: to be begotten, born, or descended.

52. 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…

53. enoinen v.

38 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To smear or daub (sb. or sth. with a soft substance such as blood or poison); to apply oil cosmetically to (the face); (b) to grease (a wrestler).

54. enointen v.

86 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To smear or daub (sb. or sth. with a soft substance such as oil or grease); (b) to put oil on (food); to baste (a fowl); (c) to caulk (a ship); to seal (a casket).

55. exālen v.

5 quotations in 2 senses
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Of the 'breath of life': to escape.

56. exclūden v.

62 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To shut out or exclude (someone) from a place; to refuse admission (to a place); to banish (from a country); (b) to exclude or omit (from a list or series); excluden out; -- often with from or of

57. excocten v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Med.?Boil away, consume.

58. expellen v.

26 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To drive out or away (an enemy, an invader); exorcise (the Devil); (b) to exile (a person from a town or country), to banish; to expel (from an organization); fig. to banish (someone from…

59. expīren v.

20 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To breathe one's last, to die; (b) to breathe out (the soul) at the time of death.

60. expressen v.

64 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To put (something) into words, to describe or set forth; to state, declare, or report; to relate (events), to tell (a story); expressen trouth, give a true account, tell the truth; (b) to give…

61. expulsen v.

8 quotations in 2 senses
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To expel or banish (sb.) from a country, city, etc.; to evict (sb.) from a monastery; -- with out of or from phrase.

62. extincten v.

14 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To extinguish, put out (a fire, light); also fig.; (b) to suppress or put down (an uprising).

63. extracten v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To draw, pull, or take (something) out; to remove; (b) med. to withdraw (from the body by the use of instruments or medicine); (c) to extract by distillation.

64. flẹ̄n v.(1)

251 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To retreat, run away, flee; flen awei, awei flen; also fig., of the sea: to roll back; (b) to flee (an enemy), run away from; (c) as inflected infin. (?also as ppl.) preceded by to; (d) flen fro

65. 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

66. flē̆shen v.

9 quotations in 2 senses
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Ppl. Provided with flesh; lene fleshed, having little flesh, lean.

67. fōmenten v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. To apply hot, medicinal liquids or semi-solids to (a bodily organ, a swelling, etc.), foment; -- also without object..

68. 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…

69. forken v.

20 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To branch or divide into two or more parts, to be forked; (b) two-forked, double forken, two tined, two-pronged; (c) ppl. forked, having been severed; (d) fig. to disagree, to be inconsistent [cp…

70. forkerven v.

20 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To cut or split (something) in two, cut to pieces, cut severely; forkerven a two; (b) to cut off (something), to cut down (a tree).

71. frēten v.(1)

138 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To devour (something), to eat up; (b) to eat (something); esp., to eat hungrily or greedily; freten fil, to eat (one's) fill; freten of, to partake of, eat of; freten up, to eat up, devour; (c) to…

72. 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

73. gargarīsen v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. To gargle; use (sth.) as a gargle; make (sb.) gargle; gargarisen with, cause (sb.) to gargle with (sth.).

74. gargarismen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Med. To cause (sb.) to gargle.

75. 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…

76. gnauen v.

105 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To gnaw (sth.) with the teeth or other biting organs; bite, chew, nibble; freten and gnauen; gnauen sharp, chew (sth.) to a point; (b) to gnaw; gnauen at (on, upon), gnaw on (sth.); of horses…

77. harden v.

51 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To make (sth.) physically hard or rigid, harden; provide (sth.) with a hard edge or point; harden into, change (sth.) into (sth. else) by hardening; (b) to make (sth.) encrusted or hardened (on to…

78. hē̆vīen v.

52 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To make (sth.) heavy in weight or specific gravity; (b) to weigh (sb.) down; (c) to make (the eyes) heavy with sleep; make (the wits) unapprehending.

79. hīden v.

199 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To conceal (sb. or sth.), hide, put in a secret place; also fig.; hiden face, disappear; (b) refl. to conceal oneself, hide; disappear; (c) to protect (sb. or sth.), shelter; hiden hed, hide…

80. hōlen v.(2)

29 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To make a hole; pierce (sth.); bore through (sth.); (b) ppl. holed, provided with a hole or holes, pierced, perforated; (c) med. to cause (skin) to ulcerate; ppl. holed, ulcerated, festered.

81. hūmecten v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. (a) To moisten (sth.), wet; (b) to produce moisture in bodily tissues.

82. 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…

83. indispōsen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Med. to impair (the faculties).

84. infrī̆ǧiden v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. To make cold, cool.

85. inscīden v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Med. To dissolve (viscid or thick humors), disperse.

86. irīmen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To open (a door or entrance); (b) to clear (a land) for oneself, conquer (a country); (c) med. to clear a path for (urine).

87. isellen v.

26 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To give (sth.), provide, grant; also, to give away (sth.); entrust (the world to man); give (sth. as security); (b) to give (sb.) up (to another), deliver; (c) to sell (sth.); sell (sb.) into…

88. istoppen v.

30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To obstruct (a doorway with a physical barrier), block; also, block (someone's way); -- used in fig. context; (b) to block (a stream, river, etc.), dam up; prevent (water) from flowing or finding…

89. iwǒunden v.

29 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To wound (sb., an animal, a part of the body), injure by piercing the skin or flesh of; also fig. & in fig. context; iwoundede to the deth, mortally wounded; (b) to disfigure (a statue), mar…

90. joinen v.(1)

241 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To join (things) into a whole, unite, combine; joinen togederes; (b) joinen to (unto, with), to fasten (sth.) to (sth.) to form a whole; -- also refl.; (c) to combine (colors, parts of a word).

91. 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

92. kerven v.

272 quotations in 18 senses
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(a) Of an edged or pointed weapon, a sharp implement, a stroke, etc.: to cut or pierce, make a cut or incision, inflict a stroke that cuts or pierces; have the property of cutting or piercing; also fi

93. lapsen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of time: to go by, pass; (b) med. humour ilapsed, a humor that has deviated from normal.

94. lasken v.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Med. To weaken or diminish (blood, body fluids, tissues); (b) to alleviate (pain, sickness); (c) to reduce or thin (the blood by bloodletting); (d) to shorten (one's life); (e) to diminish…

95. launchen v.

41 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To pierce (sb.), wound (with a spear); strike (sb. or sth.), slash (with a sword); cut off (sth.); thrust, penetrate; launchen thurgh (out, run (sb. or sth.) through; launchen hond to (unto)

96. lēven v.(1)

559 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To stop, cease; discontinue a narrative; leven of, stop, make an end, come to an end; leven in honde, discontinue a narrative; (b) to desist from (sth., some activity), give over, leave off…

97. 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…

98. 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

99. malaxen v.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. To soften (sth.) by mixing (with sth. else); mix (an ingredient with another or others); blend (ingredients) by kneading or stamping; malaxen togeder, malaxen up.

100. manē̆ren v.

7 quotations in 2 senses
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?To have certain manners or a certain condition.