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1. allǒuen v.

106 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To commend or praise (sth.); worship (God); recommend (a virtue); (b) approve of, be pleased with (sth.); be pleasing (to sb.); favor (sb.); (c) appreciate or value (sth.); esteem. …

2. amblen v.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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Of a mount: (a) to go an easy pace or gait, amble; (b) ppl. walking an easy pace or gait; ?smooth-riding. …

3. cǒunseilen v.

91 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To counsel (sb.), advise, teach, instruct; also, give advice; (b) to advise (sb. to do sth.), advise (doing sth., a course of action); -- often with to phr. or that clause. …

4. crēsen v.(1)

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To become larger, increase; of the moon: wax; ?also, augment (sth.); (b) of fame, pain, sin: to become greater; also, increase (hurt), worsen; (c) to be more productive; bear children, have……

5. dēceiven v.

74 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To deceive (sb.), lie to, be false to; defraud (sb.), cheat, rob; mock (sb.), play tricks on; (b) deceiven of, to defraud (sb.) of (sth.), rob (sb.) of (sth.); also fig. …

6. encrēsen v.

132 quotations in 9 senses
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Of a material thing, condition, or institution (such as a tree, a river, the moon, fire, light; wealth, property, income, cost; a realm or country, the Church, an army; a report, age, illness, etc.)……

7. endǒuen v.

21 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To provide (someone) with worldly goods, a livelihood, or privileges; to endow (a church, temple, etc.); --often with of, with, or in phrase of the thing given; (b) to grant (a privilege), to……

8. envoisen v.(1)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Hunt. Of hounds: (a) to follow a scent; (b) to follow the wrong scent. …

9. explīen v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To set forth, explain (something); display, demonstrate; (b) to come forward, exert oneself (cp. OF exploier). …

10. flaumen v.

47 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To emit flames, to be afire, to blaze; ppl. flaumbed, blazing, intense; (b) flaumen of (on, with) fir, to blaze; (c) to give off (fire, light, sparks); flaumen doun, to shed (light) downward. …

11. purǧen v.(1)

157 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To purify or cleanse (sth.), make clean or pure; rid (the Church, the Temple, a town) of objectionable persons or things; (b) to purify (metal) by fire, refine; also fig.; scour (metal), remove……

12. regnen v.

158 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To exercise royal power, be king, queen, or emperor; also, reign as pope; -- also used fig. of the sun, the soul; impers. hit was regned, government continued; regnen on (upon), reign over (a……

13. resǒunen v.(1)

18 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To re-echo, resound; return an echo; resounen of (with), ring with (a sound), reverberate with, be filled with; (b) to sound, make or utter a sound; also, to play (a tune); resounen in-to mirthe……

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