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1. wẹ̄sten v.(2)

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To lay waste to (a place), ravage, devastate; (b) to waste away; also, refl. of the flesh: waste itself, be consumed or wasted away; med. cause (a humor) to diminish or dissipate; westen awei. …

2. westen(e adv.

Additional spellings: westene
2 quotations in 1 sense
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From the west, westward, in the west, to the west. …

3. north-west n., adj., & adv.

Additional spellings: northwest
20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The point or direction which lies midway between north and west; at north-west, from the northwest; bi (in, on) north-west, to the northwest; in north-west, in the northwestern part of the sky……

4. westen n.(1)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The west; bi westen, in the west; also, as prep.: west of (sth.) [quot. c1275]; from westen, from the west; (b) in surname. …

5. west n.

87 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The western cardinal point or its direction; also, the point representing west on an astrolabe [quot. a1450(1391), 1st]; fer biyonde west, far past the west, to the far reaches of the west; north……

6. witen v.(1)

701 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) To be certain about (sth.);—sometimes with anticipatory hit or this as obj., with noun clause in apposition following; also without obj. in so so clause [2nd quot.]; also, know (a fact) (b) to……

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