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1. abbreviāten v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Shorten or abstract (a story, a set of plays, etc.); shorten (a period of time). …

2. abhorren v.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To shrink from (sth.) physically, loathe, dislike; (b) to shrink from or dread (death, adversity, etc.); (c) to regard (sth.) with repugnance, detest, abhor. …

3. abjūren v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To renounce or recant (a heresy) under oath; ben abjured, be subjected to solemn recantation; (b) to give up or renounce (sth.); surrender (a right) under oath; swear to leave (a place). …

4. ablaqueāten v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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To expose the roots of (vines). …

5. abǒunden v.(1)

56 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To exist or be present in great number or quantity, be plentiful; to be sufficient (for a purpose); also, to be excessive; of water: to overflow; abounden to, come to (sb.) abundantly; (b) of……

6. abǒute-stō̆nden v.

Additional spellings: aboutestonden
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To stand nearby, be present; (b) to exist or happen at the same time as (sth.), accompany. …

7. absenten v.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To go or stay away; (b) absenten (one's) person or presence, to withdraw, go or remain away; (c) refl. to withdraw (esp. in order to evade a duty, obligation, or penalty), go away, stay away; fig.……

8. absoilen v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a priest: to grant absolution to (sb.), remit sin in the name of the Church; (b) of God: to pardon (a sinner); (c) to release (an accused person from a penalty), acquit. …

9. absolven v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To release (sb. from an oath or obligation). …

10. absteinen v.

65 quotations in 6 senses
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To avoid (sth.), stay away from (a person or place), refrain from partaking of (food, etc.); -- often with fro, from, of; (a) refl.; (b) intr. …

11. abstersen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To cleanse (a wound, a part of the body). …

12. accēden v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To come near (a place); (b) become adapted. …

13. accenden v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To set (sth.) afire, kindle; also fig.: (b) to kindle or stir up (an emotion); (c) to excite, incite, or stimulate (sb.); (d) to become ardent or enflamed. …

14. accepten v.

55 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To receive graciously, be favorably inclined toward, approve; give favorable hearing to (an opinion, a poem, a story, etc.); accepten ded, be satisfied with (someone's) good intentions; (b) ppl. a……

15. accīten v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To summon (sb.). …

16. ac(c)ūsen v.

Additional spellings: accusen
33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To charge (sb. with an offence, or misconduct, etc.), to impugn or blame; acusen gilt, to blame; to make a formal charge, indict; -- often with of (in, upon) phrase; also with inf. phrase or that……

17. aclīnen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To incline, slope (toward sth.); (b) to bow down. …

18. acloien v.

18 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To beset (sb.), harass; (b) to hamper (sb.), harm; make impotent or miserable. …

19. acrēsen v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To grow, flourish; to increase (sth.). …

20. acten v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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To act upon or adjudicate (a case at law). …

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