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1. achaufen v.

17 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To warm or heat (sth.); warm (oneself); grow warm; (b) to warm (sth.) by rubbing; to chafe; (c) fig. to soothe as by rubbing.

2. ascenden v.

47 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To move or proceed upward; ascend, climb, mount, soar; ascenden up(ward); board (a ship); light (upon sb.); (b) to ascend (a hill); rise to (the heavens); also, lift up, raise [quot. a1450]…

3. 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.

4. 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…

5. consūmen v.

64 quotations in 7 senses
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Of physical agents: (a) of fire: to reduce (sth.) to ashes, consume, destroy; also fig.; (b) of heat: to dispel moisture; consumen awei; hence also, destroy life, reduce a corpse (to bones); (c) of…

6. displēsen v.

55 quotations in 4 senses
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To be displeased or annoyed, feel offended; -- (a) refl.; (b) intr.; (c) ben displesed.

7. dispōsen v.

119 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To arrange (sth.); compose (a book, a chord); (b) ben disposed, to be arranged or designed (in a certain way); (c) refl. to prepare oneself, get or be ready; disposen redi, make ready.

8. distemperen v.

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

9. enflaumen v.

49 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To kindle or light (something), set (something) on fire; (b) to be aflame.

10. enǧēlen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To make (something) freeze or solidify with cold; (b) physiol. of the heat or the 'humors' of the body: to chill; to grow cold; (c) of blood: to clot, coagulate.

11. 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.

12. enhabiten v.

40 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To inhabit, or live in (a place);--freq. pass.; (b) fig. dwell.

13. norishen v.

257 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To supply (sb.) with food or drink, feed; provide (an organism) with nutriment, nourish; also fig.; refl. take nourishment, feed oneself; (b) to provide nutrients, afford nourishment; ppl. norishi

14. 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

15. purveien v.

228 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To foresee (sth.), foreknow; (b) to think beforehand, consider, reflect; refl. purveien of, bethink oneself of (sth.), reflect on; ppl. purveiinge, prudent, provident [quot.: a1500]; (c) to take…

16. repareilen v.

56 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To repair (sth.), restore; also fig.; (b) to rebuild (a city, temple), renew (part of a city); (c) to maintain (property, etc.), keep in repair.

17. repugnen v.

44 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To rebel, disobey; oppose (God, the spirit, etc.); repugnen ayen (to), oppose (God, a law, sin, etc.); ppl. repugninge, rebellious, adverse, hostile; (b) to make resistance (to sth.); ppl. repugni

18. resolven v.

93 quotations in 5 senses
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To alter; alter (sth.) in form or nature by the application of some physical process or force such as heat, moisture, etc.: (a) to diminish, dissolve, lose substance; break (sth.) down into its…

19. 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…

20. sē̆questren v.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To remove (sth.); also, quarantine (sb.), isolate; sequestren to, put (sth.) aside for the use of (sb.); (b) sequestren from, to keep (sth.) apart from (sb.); distinguish (sth.) from (sth.)…