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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
15 quotations in 2 senses
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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.

17 quotations in 2 senses
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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)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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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.

12 quotations in 2 senses
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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.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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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)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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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.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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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.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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To join or cement. …

15. complīen v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To fulfill (sth.); (b) to carry out or do (sth.). …

16. cǒveren v.(1)

187 quotations in 17 senses
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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.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To agree upon (sth.); (b) ben covined, to be agreed. …

18. curtailen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To restrict or limit (succession to the throne). …

19. dēfensen v.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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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……

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