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1. yẹ̄ pron.

196 quotations in 5 senses
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As subject of a verb or occas. an implied verb, with plural referent: you: (a) addressing more than one person, bird, object, abstraction, etc.; also, you and he [quot. c1475]; ye and youres (b)…

2. adv.

55 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Certainly, truly;—often used parenthetically with reduced semantic force; (b) in collocation with nai: affirmatively, thus, so; ye than nai, nai than ye.

3. beien v.

35 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To bend (sth.), bow (the head), bend or flex (the back, knees, legs); refl. to bend, stoop, fall; (b) to turn or incline (one's ear, oneself) attentively; (c) to bend, give way, weaken.

4. biyēten v.

Additional spellings: beyeten
87 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To acquire (property, goods, etc.), get possession of, get; biyeten togedre, accumulate; lele, right bigeten, gotten rightfully, wrong biyeten, ill-gotten; (b) to get control over (a country, a…