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1. abaishen v.

50 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To lose one's composure, be upset; -- refl. & intr.; (b) ben abaished, be upset or perplexed (as by fear, shame, surprise); contextually: be afraid, embarrassed, surprised; (c) waxen (becomen)

2. apallen v.

31 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of vigor of body or mind: grow or make faint or tired; grow indifferent; of youth: wane; (b) of emotions, memory: fade away or make fade; tone down, allay; (c) of power, honor, fame, etc.: grow or…

3. apassen v.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To move along, pass by; pass (over sth.); pass (to sb.); (b) to go by, vanish; (c) to pass away, die; (d) of time: to pass.

4. approprishen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To retain or claim (sth.) as one's personal property or for one's own exclusive benefit; approprishen to himself.

5. aretten v.

42 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To attribute (sth. to sth.); aretten it mi vileinie, attribute it to my ill-breeding; aretten to (in), to impute (sin, guile, unbelief, etc.) to (sb.); aretten to (unto), to place the blame for…

6. bat(e)ren v.

Additional spellings: bateren
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(a) To beat; esp. to beat or strike repeatedly, batter, flog; also fig.; (b) to pat (sb. on the back).

7. batten v.

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(a) To beat (sb.); stamp, pound (sth.); knock (on the door); ppl. batted, battered, bruised; (b) to pat (sb., sth.); (c) to beat or flap (wings, fins); (d) without obj., of a bird: to strike or peck.

8. bēken v.(2)

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(a) To strike (sth.) with the beak, peck; (b) to strike with a pointed weapon; (c) of a hawk: to cleanse (itself) with the beak; (d) beken out, to thrust out the beak; fig. to stick out one's nose.

9. bērden v.

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(a) To grow a beard, have a beard; also, to reach the age of puberty; berded bukke, a lascivious male; (b) of a leaf: to have hair or fuzz; (c) of a star: to have a tail; berded sterre, a comet.

10. bǒtonen v.

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(a) To furnish (a garment) with buttons; provide (sth.) with knobs or studs; (b) to button (a garment); (c) to put forth buds.

11. bǒurden v.(2)

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(a) To joust; bourden at, tilt at (the quintain), charge (a boar) with a spear; (b) to butt with horns; clash (together).

12. chẹ̄ven v.

80 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To achieve, accomplish, or execute (sth.); attain (one's purpose); (b) to attain to or achieve (a certain state or position); (c) to acquire or obtain (sth.); also, inherit (an estate).

13. chokken v.

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(a) chokken thurgh, thrust through, pierce; (b) chokken togeder, cram or crowd together; (c) chokken on, ?thrust out (the chin).

14. cimenten v.

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To join or cement.

15. complīen v.

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(a) To fulfill (sth.); (b) to carry out or do (sth.).

16. cǒveren v.(1)

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(a) To cover (an object) by laying or spreading material over or about it; cover up or envelop; also, coveren above, coveren up; (b) of the material: to cover (the object).

17. cǒvīnen v.

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(a) To agree upon (sth.); (b) ben covined, to be agreed.

18. curtailen v.

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To restrict or limit (succession to the throne).

19. dēfensen v.

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(a) To protect (sb.), defend (sth.), fortify (a city), bar (a gate, window); refl. defend oneself; (b) to guard (honor, the soul); safeguard (a monastery) in rights or possessions; defend (against…

20. dēgrāden v.

29 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To put (sb.) down from high rank, demote, depose; also fig. overthrow (sb.), bring down, humble, deprive (sb. of bliss); (b) to deprive (sb.) of ecclesiastical rank; reduce (a cleric) to a layman…

21. dē̆scrīen v.

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(a) To announce, declare, proclaim, tell, or say (sth.); (b) to tell or reveal (a confidential matter).

22. destinen v.

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To foreordain (sth.), assign or fix by destiny.

23. dē̆stroien v.

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To ravage, devastate, or ruin (a country or city).

24. ēgren v.

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To urge, arouse, incite, excite; refl. to be aroused.

25. engrāven v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Ppl. engraved carved, engraved.

26. enharden, -ien v.

Additional spellings: enhardien
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(a) To embolden; refl., to make bold; (b) to make hard; of the heart: to make obdurate.

27. envoisen v.(1)

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Hunt. Of hounds: (a) to follow a scent; (b) to follow the wrong scent.

28. forhōnen v.

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To spurn (someone); ?to shun.

29. fǒulen v.(1)

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(a) To make (something) dirty, to soil, to pollute; (b) to be or become filthy; (c) to void excrement.

30. frēten v.(2)

31 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To adorn or decorate (something), to ornament (with an inlay of gold or precious stones), to interweave (a garment with gold thread, etc.); (b) fretted ful (all) of, thickly set with (gems, etc.)…

31. grācen v.

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(a) To thank (sb.); (b) to grant (sb. a favor).

32. grẹ̄en v.

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(a) To satisfy (sb.); green with, come to terms with (sb.); refl. agree to (sth.), be pleased (to do sth.); ben greed (to), be satisfied (with), agree (to); (b) to make settlement of (sth.); ppl. gree

33. harneisen v.

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(a) To equip (sb., oneself) with arms or armor; also, set up defenses around (oneself); (b) to equip (a weapon, girdle, etc.) with decorative fittings, adorn; harneised boues, ?painted bows; (c) to…

34. hurten v.

121 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To injure (sb., a part of the body), wound, hurt; afflict (sb.) with disease [quot.: WB(1), Pecock]; of hunger: to pain (sb.); ben hurt, be wounded or injured; -- also intr.; (b) to receive an…

35. isomnen v.

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(a) To invite (sb.); (b) to call (sb.) into the presence of another, summon; order (sb.) to appear; also, order (sb. to come to a specific place); (c) law to cite (sb.) to appear before a court or…

36. jurren v.

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Of a dove: to make a murmuring sound, coo.

37. liveren v.

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(a) To procure freedom or deliverance for (sb.); liveren fro(m, deliver (sb.) from (death, servitude, evils, fear, an enemy or oppressor, someone's power, etc.); liveren o, liveren on, deliver (sb.)…

38. minnen v.(2)

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To reduce (sth.), diminish.

39. miren v.(1)

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To look; refl. look at oneself (in a mirror); ppl. mired, reflected.

40. misjū̆ǧen v.

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To misjudge, form a wrong opinion.

41. noisen v.

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(a) To make noises; (b) to talk or cry out.

42. pā̆len v.(2)

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To construct a paling; enclose (sth.) with a paling; ppl. fenced, fortified, enclosed; palen abouten, raise a paling around (sth.); -- also refl. enclose (oneself) with a paling [quot.: (a1420)].

43. pā̆len v.(3)

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(a) To become pale; appear pale; grouen paled, lose color; (b) to make (sth.) pale.

44. peinen v.

109 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To punish (a person or an animal) for an offense or fault; (b) to torture (sb.) as punishment; -- also refl.; (c) to mortify (bodily parts) in penance; suffer mortification of flesh; -- also…

45. pẹ̄plen v.

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To provide (a land) with inhabitants, populate; ppl. pepled, filled with people, inhabited, populated.

46. pē̆sen v.

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(a) To reconcile (persons); also refl. come to a reconciliation [quot.: Malory]; ben pesed, be reconciled; pesen to (with), reconcile (sb.) with (sb.); (b) to alleviate or allay (grief, anger, etc.)…

47. pī̆ken v.(1)

196 quotations in 10 senses
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To work with a pick or other digging implement; --also refl.; dig (sth.); break up (land, a field); dig up (weeds); piken awei, dig up (weeds); undermine (a foundation); piken oute, dig out (stones…

48. pleinten v.(2)

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To fulfill (sth.); pleinted of, fulfilled by.

49. pointen v.(1)

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(a) To cause injury by stabbing; fig. stab (sb.) verbally; (b) to make pauses in reading a text; read (sth.) with pauses; (c) cook. to sharpen the taste of (sth.) by adding vinegar; (d) to fill the…

50. poisonen v.

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(a) To give poison to (sb. or sth.); kill (sb.) by poisoning; (b) to poison (sth.); ppl. poisoned, poisonous, full of poison; (c) fig. to corrupt (sb.) spiritually; taint or mar (sth.); be spiritually…

51. prēvailen v.

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(a) To win the victory or mastery; prove superior in authority or power; overcome (sb.) [quot.: a1500]; win a victory for (sb.) [quot.: Lydg.Guy]; (b) prevailen ayen, to prevail over (sth.); prevailen

52. psalmen v.

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To sing Psalms or songs, sing praise (to God) in Psalms; praise (sth.) with Psalms; psalmed writes, writings composed as Psalms, the Psalter.

53. questiǒunen v.

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To inquire, ask; ben questiouned, be interrogated; questiounen with..of, ask questions of (sb.) about (sb.).

54. rāsen v.(1)

112 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To scrape (sth.); also, shave (sb., somebody's crown); (b) to make erasures; erase (writing, a passage of writing, etc.); scrape (a page, book) clean; emend (a document) by erasure; rasen awei

55. rāten v.(2)

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To chide (sb.), scold, berate; rebuke (sin), denounce; raten of, scold (sb.) for (sth.).

56. raumpen v.

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(a) Of a snake, dragon: to creep on the ground, crawl; ppl. raumpinge, ?rearing up; ?also, climbing; (b) ppl. raumpinge as adj., of unfledged hawks: creeping, unable to fly.

57. raunǧen v.

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(a) To set out (troops, plants) in a straight line; (b) to extend, stretch out, spread out; (c) to move; also, wander; (d) to handle (a broken bone), treat.

58. raunsǒunen v.

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(a) To pay ransom for (a captive), redeem; also fig.; buy back (sth. stolen or left as a pledge); refl. pay for one's life; raunsounen oute the passage, pay for the tolls (of pilgrims); (b) to hold (a…

59. rechaufen v.

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To rewarm (sth.), heat up again; ppl. rechaufed as adj.: reheated.

60. rehēten v.(2)

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(a) To utter a rebuke; reprove (sb.), rebuke, berate; rebuke (sin); (b) to lay into (sb.), attack, pester, harry.

61. rejoien v.

20 quotations in 3 senses
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To rejoice, exult; take pleasure (in sth.), be pleased; be glad (to do sth., that sth. is the case), express pleasure; rejoien to, give praise to (God).

62. rejoinen v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Law To reply a second time to (a plaintiff's charge or complaints), rejoin; -- also intr.

63. renten v.(1)

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(a) To endow (sb.) with income property; (b) ppl. rented as adj.: possessed of property yielding revenue; (c) to rent out (property).

64. repreinen v.

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To reproach (sb.), rebuke; also, ppl. repreining as noun: one who reproves.

65. requī̆ten v.

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Fig. To pay back (sth. owed).

66. ridelen v.(1)

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To sift (grain); also, fig. test (sb.); -- also without obj.; spread (ashes) by means of sifting; -- used without obj.; ridelen oute of, separate (sb.) from (God's chosen).

67. ridelen v.(3)

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To flow, stream; ppl. ridelande as adj.: surging; of rain: falling.

68. rī̆flen v.

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(a) To rob, plunder, steal; (b) to plunder (lands, a house), ransack, pillage; rifle (bags); destroy (a city); (c) to rob (sb.); despoil (the dead); riflen of, rob (sb.) of (sth.); riflen route, fig.

69. ?roilen v.(2)

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To decay, deteriorate.

70. roinen v.(2)

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To roar, growl.

71. rollen v.(1)

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(a) To record (a deed, title, etc.) in an official roll or register; also in fig. context; (b) to list (a person's name) on a roster or muster roll; record (sb.) as (sth.), acknowledge; rollen with

72. rō̆stelen v.

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To scorch, singe.

73. rǒuten v.(6)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Of a huntsman; to shout to the hounds; also, direct (a hound to the pack) by shouting.

74. rūen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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In phrase: ruen up, of hair: to stand on end.

75. sāven v.

335 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To afford or bring about safety; also, bring victory [1st quot.]; (b) to deliver (sb., a city, people, etc.) from some danger; rescue (sb. or sth.), bring to safety; -- also refl.; recover (a…

76. scarren v.

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To cut (sth.).

77. scǒuren v.(1)

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(a) Refl. To move rapidly; (b) to traverse (the sea, a road) looking for enemies; scouren for.

78. scratten v.

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(a) To scratch (sb., the face, etc.) with the nails; ppl. scratted, scratched (by thorns, etc.); (b) to scratch with the nails; (c) in surname.

79. scrīven v.(2)

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To write; describe (sth.); record (sth.) in writing.

80. seinten v.

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(a) To be divinely favored, blessed, or sanctified; ben seinted, become a saint in heaven; (b) to act like a saint; -- used iron. boast or show off.

81. sharpelen v.

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To disperse (sth.); ppl. sharpeled, dispersed, scattered.

82. simū̆len v.

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(a) To disguise (one's feelings), conceal; (b) pretend (to do sth.); refl. to pretend (to have virtues).

83. skeuen v.(2)

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(a) To escape; (b) to run obliquely or at an angle; skeuing to, ?slanting across (the forehead).

84. slingen v.

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(a) To throw (sb. or sth., esp. into a place or in a specified direction), hurl, fling; also, fell (an adversary) in battle; also, raze (a city); slingen abouten, swing (sb.) around; slingen doun

85. soignen v.

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(a) To excuse (sb.); -- ?also refl. [1st quot.]; absolve (sb.); also, permit (the sides in a battle) to delay or avoid fighting; (b) to reject (sth.), expel; -- used fig.

86. solempnen v.

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(a) To celebrate (sth.), solemnize; perform (the office of priest) reverently; ppl. solempned, consecrated; (b) ppl. solempned, grave, serious; (c) ben solempned, to take place, occur.

87. solempnīen v.

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To celebrate (a saint's day).

88. sōlen v.

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To become dirty or soiled; ppl. solied, made dirty, soiled; also, defiled or polluted (with sin).

89. somnen v.

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(a) To urge (sb. to do sth.), invite, call upon; order (sb. to do sth.); -- also with that clause; ben somned, be called upon (to do sth.), be obliged; ben somned to, be invited to (a feast); (b) ?to…

90. ?sorchen v.

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?To inflict (excommunication on sb.).

91. souden v.(1)

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(a) To fix (sth.) in place by soldering or welding; join (sth. together, sth. to sth. else) by soldering; also, mend (broken metal) by soldering; also, unite things with solder [last quot.]; (b) to…

92. souden v.(2)

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To employ (sb.) for a wage; employ (sb.) as a soldier; souden up, enlist (sb.) to fight for a wage.

93. sǒunden v.(1)

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(a) To sink in, penetrate; sounden to min herte, ben soundede to min hertes botme; (b) to measure the depth of (water), sound; also, ?measure the depth of water in (a waterway of some sort); (c) ?to…

94. sǒurdren v.

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= sourden v. (a).

95. sparchen v.

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To plaster (a wall), daub.

96. spenden v.

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(a) To spend money, expend wealth; also fig.; (b) to spend (money, an amount or a specified sum of money), pay out, disburse; pay (expenses); expend (wealth, treasure, etc.); also fig.; also, spend…

97. squāren v.

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(a) To make (sth.) square in shape; cut (a trencher) to a square shape; mark (sth.) out as a square; ppl. squared, made square in outline; square in shape; of a cart: having a square floor; squared

98. stā̆len v.(1)

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To urinate.

99. stallen v.

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To dwell.

100. steinen v.

63 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To impart color; also fig.; steining wateres, dyes; (b) to color (sth.), dye (fabric, clothing, etc.); ppl. steined, dyed, colored; also fig.; (c) to discolor (sth.); -- also without obj. [1st…