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1.
wẹ̄sen
v.(2)
5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To ooze;—used in
fig.
context; (b)
wesen mid (with)
, to steep (sth.) in (a liquid), macerate in, saturate with.
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2.
wil-wē̆sand
adv.
Additional spellings:
wilwesand
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Willingly, voluntarily.
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3.
wesen
v.(1)
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To tend (livestock, sheep), pasture.
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4.
wọ̄sen
v.
17 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To escape in minute quantities through pores or similar openings, through a permeable substance, etc., be exuded; of groundwater: well up, trickle forth;
wosen oute
(b)
physiol.
to pass in minute…
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