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1. accǒunten v.

83 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To count (things); (b) to include (sth.) in a count; (c) pass. to amount to (a certain number).

2. affẹ̄̆ren v.(1)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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To determine or decide (sth.); to decide (a question presented for legal settlement); to approve (a weight or measure); to determine the amount of (a fine), assess; to assess (sb.); ?to allot or…

3. amonesten v.

28 quotations in 2 senses
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To remind, urge, or charge (sb.); exhort (to do sth.), encourage; warn (to avoid or not to do), admonish; also, give encouragement, or a warning.

4. amortīsen v.

12 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Law To alienate (property) in mortmain; -- usu. with to phrase; (b) to hold (property) in mortmain.

5. ankeren v.

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(a) To moor or anchor (a boat or float); also fig.; (b) to join closely, as by dove-tail.

6. an(n)exen v.

Additional spellings: annexen
35 quotations in 4 senses
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annexed (to), joined (onto), adjoining; connected (with), constituting a part (of).

7. aquī̆ten v.

75 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To give (sth.) in return: pay for (a service, etc.); repay (a debt); pay (expenses, a fee); (b) to redeem (a pledge, surety); make good (a promise, an obligation).

8. attī̆tlen v.

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(a) Assign, allot, or dedicate (sth.); (b) attitlen to name, name after (sb.).

9. auctō̆rīsen v.

33 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To give official sanction to (sth.), approve (an action, a condition, a quality, etc.); to make (a law, treaty, judicial action) legally valid, confirm, ratify; (b) to approve (sb. for a task or…

10. barbarīsen v.

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To speak corruptly or barbarously.

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. burblen v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To bubble, foam, effervesce; burblen out, burst out; -- intr. or refl.; (b) to welter or wallow (in blood, water); cp. burlen.

13. butten v.(2)

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To abut, be adjoining; butten ayenes, butten into, butten on, butten unto, butten upon, border on (sth.), be bounded by, abut upon; refl. extend (from one boundary to another); butting wal, a wall…

14. calcīnen v.

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Alch. & med. (a) To reduce (sth.) to powder by heating; (b) to change the nature of (sth.) by heating in a certain way.

15. cancellen v.

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(a) To annul or revoke (a charter, patent, etc.), mark (a document) void; also, to have the king revoke (one's patent); (b) to make (an agreement or obligation) null and void; to mark (a document) in…

16. canonīzen v.

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(a) To recognize (sb.) officially as a saint, canonize; (b) to install (sb.) in an ecclesiastical office.

17. carden v.

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(a) To comb (wool, etc.) for spinning; (b) fig. to comb (wisdom), arrange, tidy up.

18. cassen v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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Law To make (sth.) null and void, annul, quash; abolish (a guild).

19. causen v.(1)

41 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To cause, effect, or produce (sth.); (b) to bring about or induce (an event or situation); cause (an action); (c) to bring (sth.) into existence, produce; (d) cause causing [L causa causans]…

20. choppen v.(1)

21 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To strike (sb.) with a sharp weapon, slash; choppen of cut off with a blow; (b) to hack or strike (at, to sb.); cut (through sth.); (c) to hit (at sth.); choppen adoun, fig. strike (sb.) down.

21. cicatrīzen v.

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(a) Of a wound: to heal by forming a cicatrix; (b) of a medicine: induce the formation of a cicatrix or scar; (c) of a physician: treat with a scar-producing medicine.

22. citrīnen v.

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To turn (sth.) yellow or sallow.

23. compīlen v.

35 quotations in 4 senses
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To compose or write (a chronicle, story, poem, prayer, etc.); also, formulate (rules).

24. concernen v.

19 quotations in 2 senses
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Of persons: (a) to discern or perceive (sth.); also, observe; (b) to heed (sth.), be concerned about.

25. condiciǒunen v.

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(a) ?To so constitute (law) as to impose conditions and consequences, hedge about; to restrain (power), limit.

26. confederen v.

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Of two or more parties: (a) to form an alliance, enter into a compact (for any purpose whatever); confederen togeder; ben confedered, be allied or associated; -- usu. refl.; (b) ben confedered, to be…

27. confessen v.

38 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To admit (a fault, damaging fact, transgression); -- with obj., refl., or ben confessed (of sth.); (b) to admit (a fact, truth); confessen the soth; (c) to reveal (sth.).

28. conjectūren v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To suppose or assume (sth.); (b) to infer or predict; (c) to estimate or judge.

29. contenten v.

57 quotations in 4 senses
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To rest satisfied or put up (with one's lot, a particular state of affairs, etc.); ben content with litel; -- (a) refl.; (b) ben content(ed.

30. contrārien v.

63 quotations in 7 senses
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To oppose (sth. or sb.); run counter to, conflict with; counteract, resist.

31. cō̆pīen v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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To copy (a text, document, etc.).

32. cōten v.(2)

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(a) To annotate (a book); (b) to compute (years), reckon.

33. dampnen v.

95 quotations in 5 senses
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To pass adverse judgment upon (sth., sb.); condemn or repudiate (a doctrine); object to or condemn (a practice); ban (a book); blame, censure or criticize (sb.).

34. 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…

35. dēmūren v.(2)

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To destroy (a wall), undermine.

36. dēplūmen v.

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To strip (a goose) of feathers; strip the web from (a feather).

37. dēprīven v.

34 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To rob (sb. of sth.); depriven of (fro, from), deprive (sb.) of (sth.); fig. deprive (sb.) of (joy, pride, service, etc.), exclude (sb.) from (heaven, etc.), free (sb.) from (sorrow); (b) to…

38. dēpūren v.

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(a) To wash (sth.), cleanse; fig. free (the soul) from vice; (b) to free (medicines, alchemical materials, etc.) from impurities or harmful qualities; sift (flour), refine; -- in fig. context [cp. pur

39. dīē̆ten v.

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(a) To regulate the diet of (oneself, another) for purposes of health; dieten with, feed (sb.) with (a certain food); (b) alch. to regulate the growth of (the 'body' of dry matter) by adding or…

40. diffīnen v.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To define the nature of (sth.); define (a word or concept); (b) to describe (sth.) in detail; make a detailed description or declaration (of sth.); (c) to state (sth.) specifically; specify…

41. discūten v.

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(a) To investigate (sth.); discuten of, examine (sth.); (b) to argue about (sth.), discuss.

42. dispersonen v.

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To insult (sb.), abuse.

43. distemperen v.

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Physiol. To upset the proper balance of the humors or qualities.

44. doctrī̆nen v.

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(a) To teach (sb.); instruct, train; (b) to teach (sth. to sb.).

45. eclipsen v.

27 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To cause the eclipse of, to obscure or cut off (the light of the sun or moon); eclipsen of light; (b) fig. to obscure, shroud, conceal; to overshadow or becloud; eclipsed of chere, gloomy or sad…

46. embrēven v.

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To record, keep a record.

47. embullen v.

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To seal (a letter) with the papal bull.

48. emplā̆stren v.

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(a) Treat (a part of the body) medically by applying a plaster; (b) to apply (a medicinal plaster); to apply (sth.) as a plaster; ?also without obj.; (c) fig. to gloss over, to whitewash.

49. encensen v.(1)

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(a) To fumigate (something) with incense; (b) to waft the smoke of incense (upon something).

50. endenten v.

53 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To make notches, dents, or indentations in (something); give (something) a toothed, serrate, or jagged character or appearance; (b) fig. heckle.

51. endōsen v.

14 quotations in 3 senses
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Law (a) To confirm or approve (a charter, bill, agreement, etc.), [orig. by writing on the back of the document];--also fig.; (b) to approve a reply to (a petition), to grant (a petition) under seal…

52. engrōssen v.

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(a) To gather, collect, or acquire (something) in large quantity or numbers; (b) to accumulate or buy (goods) in such quantity as to cause scarcity, to forestall (the market), to corner (a commodity…

53. enquēren, -ien v.

Additional spellings: enquerien
89 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To ask (a question, or questions), to ask for (specific information);--often with of phr. of the person questioned; (b) enqueren after, of, upon, to ask about (someone or something); ben enquering

54. entē̆ren v.

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To bury (a corpse), to place in a grave or tomb.

55. entīt(e)len v.

Additional spellings: entitelen
22 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To give a name or title to (a book, a person); (b) mention by name, specify.

56. envīen v.(1)

11 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To feel ill-will or enmity toward someone; (b) to cause (another) to feel wrath.

57. ēvanǧelīsen v.

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To bring or proclaim good tidings; to preach the Gospel; to preach.

58. exemplifīen v.

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(a) To demonstrate (a truth, the validity of a statement or principle) by example (s) or illustration (s); to give examples; (b) ben exemplified, exist or be shown to exist.

59. exīlen v.

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(a) To banish (someone) from his country; -- often with out of or fro phrase; (b) to condemn (someone); (c) to live in exile; refl. to go into voluntary exile.

60. expressen v.

64 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To put (something) into words, to describe or set forth; to state, declare, or report; to relate (events), to tell (a story); expressen trouth, give a true account, tell the truth; (b) to give…

61. fullen v.(2)

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(a) To full (woolen cloth), i.e. beat or tread (cloth) in water for the purpose of cleaning and thickening it; (b) to work (a press) by treading; (c) to trample down; oppress; subdue.

62. glōsen v.

65 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To gloss (a text, a word), comment on, interpret, explain, paraphrase; -- also without obj.; sauter glosed, a Psalter with running commentary; (b) to interpret (a text) falsely; (c) to explain or…

63. historien v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To record (sth.), recount.

64. imparken v.

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(a) To take possession of (land), enclose; (b) to enclose (cattle); fig. encircle (sb.) in battle; (c) law to impound (cattle).

65. inǧenīen v.

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To devise (sth.), arrange for; provide (a fingernail) with a protective device.

66. inreǧistren v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To enter (sth.) in an official record, enregister.

67. installen v.

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In phr.: installen in(to), to place (sb.) in possession of (a prebend).

68. interlīnen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To make corrections or insertions between the lines of (a document).

69. lā̆rden v.

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(a) Cook. To prepare (meat, fowl, etc.) for roasting by the insertion of pieces of salt pork, bacon, condiments, etc., in the outer surface; (b) to smear (a surface) with grease.

70. levīen v.

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(a) To collect (a subsidy, rent, charge, fine, etc.); (b) to wage (war, hostilities); (c) to erect (a building, construction); also, cause (a nuisance, damage) by some construction.

71. lūbrifīen v.

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To lubricate (a ligament, etc.), make slippery.

72. marlen v.(1)

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To fertilize with marl; ppl. marled, of fields, land: fertilized with marl; also, in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.36].

73. martiren v.

48 quotations in 2 senses
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Eccl. To put (sb.) to death as a martyr, make a martyr of (sb.); torture and execute (sb.) for professing the Christian faith.

74. medicī̆nen v.

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(a) To apply a medicament (to an eye, a wound, an area of the body); treat (the spleen); cure (an illness); helen and medicinen, give medical attention to (sb.); fig. of God: be merciful (to sb.)…

75. misten v.(2)

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To eat (sth.) for a snack or light meal.

76. mollen v.

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(a) To moisten (sth.); soften (sth.) by wetting; (b) to become liquid; (c) to drizzle; (d) to crumble (sth.), soften (sth.) by pulverizing; (e) to fondle or pet (sb.); ppl. molling, ?tender, ?coaxing…

77. mō̆rā̆lī̆zen v.

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(a) To expound or interpret the spiritual or moral significance of (sth.); moralizen into (unto), interpret the spiritual significance of (sth.) with respect to (sb. or sth.); moralizen to, make…

78. mō̆rtheren v.

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(a) To kill (sb.) deliberately; murder (sb.), assassinate; put (sb.) to death unjustly; mortheren for ever, mortheren to deth, kill (sb.) utterly; (b) refl. to commit suicide; torment oneself to death…

79. obteinen v.

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(a) To get or acquire (sth.); inherit (a kingdom); obtain (a parish); come into enjoyment of (one's lands, proprietary rights, etc.); conquer (territory, a realm); (b) to gain (sth. spiritual or…

80. organīsen v.

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ppl. organised, constructed, established, having taken form.

81. oulen v.

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To earn (money or a sum of money); also, collect (money or goods), accumulate (wealth).

82. pardǒunen v.

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(a) To forgive (sb. or somebody's soul) for offense or sin; pardon (sb.) a crime; show forgiveness [quot.: ?c1450]; also, forgive (injuries); (b) to ex cuse the payment of (a duty); release (sb.) from…

83. pastū̆ren v.

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(a) To pasture animals, allow one's herds to graze; (b) to put (animals) to pasture, allow to graze or feed; keep (animals) in a pasture; pasturen..of, feed (an animal) with (sth.); (c) pasturen the

84. pilen v.(1)

135 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To rob, steal; rob (sb.), steal from (sb.); rifle (sb.) [1st quot.], despoil (the dead); (b) to take (sth.) by robbery; (c) to defraud (sb.), cheat.

85. plā̆stren v.

38 quotations in 3 senses
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Med. (a) To cover (a sore, part of the body) with a plaster, poultice, or ointment; ben plastred, be covered with a plaster; also, be healed or cured; also fig.; (b) to apply a plaster; spread or…

86. platen v.

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To cover (sth.) with a layer of metal or with mail; harneis plated, armored gear, armor.

87. plē̆chen v.

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To layer; propagate (a plant or shoot) by layering, pleach.

88. polishen v.

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(a) To polish (wood, stone, metal, metal objects, etc.), burnish; smooth (wood); (b) ppl. polished, as adj.: polished, smoothed; also, bright, shining; also fig.; of an animal's coat of hair in…

89. porciǒunen v.

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(a) To divide (sth.) into portions; (b) porciounen togederes, to mix (things) in due proportions.

90. postilen v.

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To comment or expound upon (Scripture).

91. practī̆ken v.

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To put (teaching) to practical use, practice.

92. prēcōnīsen v.

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(a) To proclaim (sth.), announce; (b) to prophesy.

93. prī̆vilē̆ǧen v.

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(a) To endow (sb. or sth.) with a special right, grace, power, advantage, or immunity; place privileged, a place of refuge, sanctuary; (b) to characterize or distinguish (sth. by certain features).

94. prō̆fessen v.

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(a) To administer or receive the vow of (sb.) for entrance into a religious order; receive the vow of celibacy from (sb.); (b) to take the vow of (a religious order); make the vow (to remain…

95. profǒunden v.

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(a) To penetrate, reach inside; of medicines: deepen (a sore); (b) ben profounded, of objects, medicines, etc.: to penetrate deeply into the body or a bodily part; of sores, ulcers: be deep-seated; of…

96. pronō̆stiken v.

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To predict (future events or conditions); also, expect or anticipate (sth.).

97. prōporciǒunen v.

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(a) To compose (a mixture, medicine) according to proportions; measure (two things) in proportion one to the other; (b) ppl. proporciouned, determined or adjusted in regard to proportions; measured or…

98. 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.

99. quā̆lifīen v.

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In phrase: qualifien with, to furnish (a legal document) with specification of (time and place).

100. quashen v.

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(a) To smash (sth.), crush, shatter, break, or bruise; (b) to suppress (sth.), overcome, abate; (c) to nullify (sth.), veto, annul, quash; reject (sb.), disqualify; quashen doun; (d) to tremble…