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"ref": "1963, Fredericus Theodorus Visser, An historical syntax of the English language: Volume 1, Part 3",
"text": "A mighty angel there forstood them.",
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},
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"1": "stq",
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "verstaan",
"t": "to understand"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "verstehen",
"t": "to understand"
},
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},
{
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"1": "nb",
"2": "forstå",
"t": "to comprehend, understand"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "sv",
"2": "förstå",
"t": "to comprehend, understand"
},
"expansion": "Swedish förstå (“to comprehend, understand”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English forstanden, from Old English forstandan (“to defend, help, protect, withstand, prevent, hinder, resist, oppose, benefit, avail, understand, signify, be equal to”), from Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to understand, oppose”), equivalent to for- + stand. Cognate with West Frisian ferstean (“to understand”), Saterland Frisian ferstounde (“to understand”), Dutch verstaan (“to understand”), German verstehen (“to understand”). Compare also Norwegian Bokmål forstå (“to comprehend, understand”), Swedish förstå (“to comprehend, understand”).",
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"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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"ref": "1849, John Mitchell Kemble, The Saxons in England",
"text": "\"As he would more of them had not wise God, Wierd forstood him, and the man's courage.\"",
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},
{
"ref": "1895, The Medical News",
"text": "Hemophilia is a contraindication for vaginal hysterectomy, unless you have the time to build your patient up in order to forestand the shock.",
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},
{
"ref": "1963, Fredericus Theodorus Visser, An historical syntax of the English language: Volume 1, Part 3",
"text": "A mighty angel there forstood them.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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],
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"(transitive) To stand against; stand in front of so as to bar the way; block; oppose; withstand."
],
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"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
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"ref": "1878, Samuel Smiles, Robert Dick: baker, of Thurso, geologist and botanist",
"text": "How can I forstand your Professors, when they dinna forstand themselves.",
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"To understand; comprehend."
],
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"(transitive, UK dialectal) To understand; comprehend."
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"word": "forestand"
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{
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"2": "Verstand"
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"expansion": "German Verstand",
"name": "cog"
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"Scots terms inherited from Old English",
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"canonical"
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