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1. akennen v.(2)

19 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
Produce, give rise to (sth.); pass. develop, arise. …

2. aliēnen v.

36 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
Law (a) To transfer or surrender one's title to property or rights, alienate (property or a right); alienen awei; alienen in fe simple (taille); (b) to divert (property to a different purpose). …

3. alighten v.(1)

64 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
To descend from a position: (a) get off, dismount; alighten (doun) of; descend (from the cross, from heaven); (b) of light or lightning: descend, issue (from the sky); (c) of the sea: alighten lou……

4. alleǧǧen, allēgen v.(1)

Additional spellings: allegen
62 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
Law To make a formal declaration in court, either by way of bringing a charge, in defense against a charge, in support of a right, or in justification of a claim; alleggen matier, present evidence……

5. amē̆nden v.

167 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) To remedy (a lack, a fault, a bad situation); correct, rectify, right (a wrong, an injustice, an error); (b) to correct or emend (a text, etc.); used ironically in Wycl.Papa. …

6. answēren, -ien v.

Additional spellings: answerien
120 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Intransitive To give a reply; answeren ayain, reply; answeren and sain (quethen); (b) transitive with the reply as direct object: to reply (sth.); -- with obj. or obj. clause; (c) intransitive……

7. aredden v.

16 quotations in 2 senses
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To deliver or save (a person, a country, etc., as from bondage, captivity, a siege, an enemy); liberate, set free, relieve; -- also without obj.; often with of (with) phrase. …

8. 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. …

9. assumpten v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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Theol. (a) ben assumpt(ed, be received in Heaven, be taken to Heaven; assumpten bodili, be received in body; in bodi assumpt, in the body as received in Heaven; (b) ascend (to Heaven). …

10. bīen v.

163 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To purchase (sth.), acquire by purchase; buy (a slave, etc.); bien raunsum, pay for (the release of a prisoner); bien ayen, buy back, reclaim; (b) bien bargain, bien of light chepe, to buy (sth.)……

11. bihōten v.

Additional spellings: behoten
200 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
To promise (sth.); promise (to do sth.); -- (a) with obj.; (b) with clause; (c) with inf. phrase. …

12. bilẹ̄ven v.(2)

Additional spellings: beleven
64 quotations in 5 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Theol. To believe (in a doctrine, in God, etc.); -- with in, on, upon, to, into phrase; (b) to profess (a deity). …

13. biyēten v.

Additional spellings: beyeten
87 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To acquire (property, goods, etc.), get possession of, get; biyeten togedre, accumulate; lele, right bigeten, gotten rightfully, wrong biyeten, ill-gotten; (b) to get control over (a country, a……

14. blasfēmen v.

18 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To utter blasphemy against (God, Christ, etc.); -- with or without obj.; (b) theol. to speak or act in a manner offering insult to God, commit blasphemy. …

15. blessen v.

146 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Of God, Christ: to bestow divine favor upon (sb., sth.), confer divine blessing upon (sb.); endow with (sth.); make (a nation, the earth) flourish or prosper, grant well-being or success; bless……

16. brēthen v.(1)

33 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To breathe; draw breath, take a breath; exhale, expel (breath); brethen out; (b) refl. or intr. of warriors: to catch one's breath, take time out, delay. …

17. chẹ̄sen v.

327 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To select or choose (sth. or sb.) as suitable or agreeable; chesen out; chesen the best, make the best (of sth.); chesen at wille, choose freely; to dethe icoren, destined to die; (b) to choose or……

18. clēpen v.

196 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To speak; call, shout; clepen out; clepen of, talk about (sth.); of birds: to sing; (b) to speak (to sb.); -- with to, upon phr.; (c) to say (sth.); utter (words, blasphemy, etc.); call (a name)……

19. comprehenden v.

81 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Of an area: to contain or include (sth.); (b) to enclose (sth. in an area). …

20. condempnen v.

32 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To pass adverse judgment upon (sth. or sb.), regard as evil or guilty; condemn, criticize; (b) to bear witness against (sb.), accuse; denounce (one person to another). …

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