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81. 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……

82. purloinen v.

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

83. purpensen v.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To consider beforehand, premeditate; (b) ppl. purpensed, premeditated, maliciously contrived; also, in legal phrases: assaut purpensed, premeditated assault; malice purpensed, malice aforethought……

84. purporten v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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To indicate, express, set forth. …

85. purseuen v.

193 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To follow, go behind; go in pursuit in order to overtake; purseuen after, follow in pursuit; -- also, with prep. phr.: purseuen after, follow after (sb.); purseuen upon, follow upon (someone's……

86. 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……

87. rachen v.

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

88. rechāten v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To blow a recheat. …

89. 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. …

90. 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. …

91. 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……

92. 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……

93. 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)]. …

94. refreinden v.

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

95. 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……

96. 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……

97. relenten v.

20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To melt, thaw, soften; liquefy; (b) to dissolve (sth.) in water; soften (wax), melt; ben relented, be softened, liquefied, or dissolved; (c) ppl. relented as adj.: loosened; softened, liquefied……

98. remaunden v.

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

99. 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……

100. 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)……

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