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21. arrēren v.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To fall back, retreat; -- intr. & refl.; (b) to hold back, restrain; (c) to come back, return. …

22. aspīen v.

132 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To make stealthy or covert observations upon (a person, place, action, etc.) with hostile intent; to spy upon; (b) to seek to discover or discover (sth.) by spying; (c) to spy or act the spy; --……

23. assaien v.

161 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To test the quality of (materials), the effectiveness of (a weapon, a medicine), or the performance of (a horse); test, try out; also, to test the accuracy of (weights & measures) officially; (b)……

24. as(s)ēlen v.

Additional spellings: asselen
39 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To authenticate (a charter, agreement, etc.) with an official mark or seal; aselen up; aselen by, under, with; to put an official mark or seal on a document; (b) to affix a signet (to a letter)……

25. astaunchen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To restrain (anger); (b) satisfy (sexual desire). …

26. astǒnen v.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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To stun, stupefy, or daze (sb.); paralyze (feeling). …

27. astōren v.

16 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To store, stock (a place) with provisions; provide (a city with defenders); (b) provide (oneself) with supplies. …

28. astudien v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To meditate (about sth.). …

29. availen v.

103 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To help (sb.), assist; do good to (sb.), benefit, be profitable to; (b) refl. to help oneself, succeed; (c) impers. or with delayed subject: availeth, it availeth, it avails (sb.), it profits, it……

30. avenǧen v.

27 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Refl. To avenge oneself, take or get revenge; -- often with of phrase; intr. in quot. 1420: (b) ben avenged, to get revenge; -- often with on, upon phrase. …

31. 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……

32. awarden v.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To decide (a legal question), render judgment in (a lawsuit); bring in a verdict, pronounce judgment; decree (sth.); (b) to determine upon and issue (a writ or the like); (c) to sentence (sb.)……

33. beggen v.

30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To ask for (sth.) as a gift, beg; ask alms, live as a beggar; beg for one of the mendicant orders; ppl. as n. beggand, a beggar; (b) beggen bred (fode, mete), to beg (one's) bread (food); beggen……

34. blaunden v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To caress, fondle; flatter. …

35. blaundishen v.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To flatter (sb.), fawn, be enticing or persuasive; (b) to be favorable; (c) blaundishen in, ?to acquiesce in (sth.); (d) of the sea: to subside, become calm. …

36. blēchen v.(2)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To injure or hurt (sb.), inflict injuries; damage (sth.). …

37. bōsten v.

29 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To brag, speak arrogantly; ?also, speak loudly; (b) refl. to brag, exalt oneself; boast oneself (to be sth.), pretend (to be sth.); boast (that one can do sth.); (c) bosten of, to brag about……

38. braien v.(2)

22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To break (sth.) into small fragments, as by stamping, crushing, grinding, chopping; braien smal; also, to mix ingredients by stamping in a mortar; (b) fig. to crush (the heart with fear). …

39. cacchen v.

288 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To grasp (sth.), seize, take hold of; pick up (sth.); catch (sth. thrown); of a blade, etc.: hold (sth.) by piercing, stick fast in (sth.); -- also refl.; (b) cacchen awei, to take (sth.) away……

40. cancellen v.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To annul or revoke (a charter, patent, etc.), mark (a document) void; also, to have the king revoke (one's patent); (b) to make (an agreement or obligation) null and void; to mark (a document) in……

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