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1. 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……

2. 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. …

3. purloinen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To remove to a distance, put away; remove or entice away (a craftsman, an apprentice) from his proper master; remove or carry off (valuables), misappropriate (sth.); remove (a legal document) from……

4. 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……

5. rachen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To pull off (a helmet). …

6. reclaimen v.

29 quotations in 3 senses
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Hawk. (a) To call back (a hawk); also in sayings; (b) to make (a hawk) tame; ppl. reclaimed, tame, trained. …

7. recoilen v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To drive (an enemy or opponent) back; beat back (the devil); recoilen abak (ayen-ward); (b) to retreat, draw back; recoilen ayen. …

8. recǒmforten v.

48 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To comfort (sb., the heart), console; recomforten chere, brighten (someone's) appearance; recomforten of, relieve (sb.) of (sorrow); recomforten from, ease (someone's heart) of (misery or……

9. recoveren v.(2)

167 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To recover from sickness, injury, etc., regain health; of a bodily part: regain normal functions; recoveren of, recover from (an illness); (b) ben recovered, to recover from illness or injury, be……

10. refē̆ten v.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To refresh (sb.), restore; feed (sb.); also fig.; (b) to fatten (livestock); (c) ben refeted, of a wild sow at mating time: to be cooled, cool off [cp. refreiden v. (b)]. …

11. refreinden v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To be tempered or restrained. …

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. rē̆hersen v.

166 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To narrate (sth., a story, that sth. happened), report, tell; describe (sth.); impers. hit reherseth; rehersen of, give a description of (sth.); rehersen of marble, ?carve (a description) in……

14. remaunden v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To send back (a document, message), return. …

15. remembren v.

189 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To bear (sb. or sth.) in mind, give heed to, reflect on, consider; take (sth.) into account; consider (that sth. is the case); (b) remembren of (on, upon), to pay heed to (sth.), meditate on……

16. replīen v.(1)

41 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To turn (sth.) back, fold; bend back (a probe), flex; (b) to make opposition; retaliate; oppose (sth.), object to; repudiate (a former opinion), divorce (one's wife), cancel (a command, decision)……

17. reprōchen v.(1)

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To rebuke (sb.), reproach; ppl. reproching as noun: one who rebukes; (b) to insult (sb.), mock; (c) to condemn (sth.); also, belittle (a gift); (d) to reject (sth.), destroy; (e) reprochen of, ?by……

18. 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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