See axen on Wiktionary
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"(UK dialectal) plural of ash"
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"present"
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"plural"
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"past",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present"
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"form": "axende",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present"
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"participle",
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"english": "But if they want to learn anything, they should ask their husbands at home, because it's a revolting thing for a woman to speak in church.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Coꝛinthis ·i· 14:35, page 66v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "but if þei wolen ony þing lerne .· at hoom axe þei her hoſebondis / foꝛ it is foule þing to a womman .· to ſpeke in chirche",
"type": "quote"
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"To ask, enquire or question:",
"To request knowledge or information."
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"To pray for something; to supplicate a divinity."
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"english": "Ask, and you'll receive it; look, and you'll find; knock, and it'll be opened for you. / Because anyone who asks takes, someone that looks finds, and that'll be opened to them that knocks.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Matheu 7:7-8, page 3v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "Axe ȝe .· ⁊ it ſchal be ȝouun to ȝou / ſeke ȝe .· ⁊ ȝe ſchulen fynde / knocke ȝe .· ⁊ it ſchal be opened to ȝou / foꝛ ech that axiþ .· takiþ / and he that ſekiþ .· fyndiþ / and it ſchal be openyde to hym .· that knockiþ",
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"To search for an object, place, or person."
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"To search for recommendations or information."
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"find"
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"search"
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[
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[
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"To search for recommendations or information."
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],
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"transitive"
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[
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"want",
"want"
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"intransitive",
"transitive"
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"transitive"
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[
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"intransitive"
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[
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],
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"intransitive",
"transitive"
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},
{
"categories": [],
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"To trial or examine (something)"
],
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[
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"trial"
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[
"examine",
"examine"
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],
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"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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"To acquire knowledge through examination."
],
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[
"transitive",
"transitive"
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[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
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[
"acquire",
"acquire"
],
[
"examination",
"examination"
]
],
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"(rare, transitive, intransitive) To acquire knowledge through examination."
],
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"rare",
"transitive"
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},
{
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"To endeavour to do (something)."
],
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"links": [
[
"endeavour",
"endeavour"
],
[
"do",
"do"
]
],
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"(rare, transitive) To endeavour to do (something)."
],
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"rare",
"transitive"
]
},
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"english": "But if they want to learn anything, they should ask their husbands at home, because it's a revolting thing for a woman to speak in church.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Coꝛinthis ·i· 14:35, page 66v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "but if þei wolen ony þing lerne .· at hoom axe þei her hoſebondis / foꝛ it is foule þing to a womman .· to ſpeke in chirche",
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"To ask for a favour or reward; to supplicate."
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"english": "Ask, and you'll receive it; look, and you'll find; knock, and it'll be opened for you. / Because anyone who asks takes, someone that looks finds, and that'll be opened to them that knocks.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Matheu 7:7-8, page 3v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
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"(transitive, intransitive, ditransitive) To command or require (someone to do something)."
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"glosses": [
"To trial or examine (something)"
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"examine",
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"(transitive) To trial or examine (something)"
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"To acquire knowledge through examination."
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"(rare, transitive, intransitive) To acquire knowledge through examination."
],
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"rare",
"transitive"
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{
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"Middle English terms with rare senses",
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],
"glosses": [
"To endeavour to do (something)."
],
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"endeavour",
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],
[
"do",
"do"
]
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"(rare, transitive) To endeavour to do (something)."
],
"tags": [
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"transitive"
]
},
{
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"Middle English terms with rare senses",
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],
"glosses": [
"To aim to visit a location."
],
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"visit",
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"location",
"location"
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"(rare, transitive) To aim to visit a location."
],
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"transitive"
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"Middle English terms with rare senses",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
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"To have a tendency towards a certain way or direction."
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"(rare, transitive) To have a tendency towards a certain way or direction."
],
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈaksən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaskən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaʃən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛ-/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈi-/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔː-/"
}
],
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"word": "axien"
},
{
"word": "asken"
},
{
"word": "askien"
},
{
"word": "aschen"
},
{
"word": "aishen"
},
{
"word": "axe"
},
{
"word": "axse"
},
{
"word": "aske"
},
{
"word": "asshe"
},
{
"word": "asche"
},
{
"word": "aski"
},
{
"word": "eskien"
},
{
"word": "eschen"
},
{
"word": "easki"
},
{
"word": "eski"
},
{
"word": "ix"
},
{
"word": "oxien"
},
{
"word": "oxen"
},
{
"word": "axie"
},
{
"word": "axsy"
},
{
"word": "asse"
},
{
"word": "asskenn"
}
],
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}
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{
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"extra": "ash-coloured",
"word": "asshen"
}
],
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"Alternative form of asshen (“ash-coloured”)"
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"word": "ax"
}
],
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"definite plural of ax"
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}
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}
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