"licettan" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈliː.t͡ʃet.tɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *līkattjan. Cognate with Old High German līhhezzen. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*līkattjan}} Proto-West Germanic *līkattjan, {{cog|goh|līhhezzen}} Old High German līhhezzen Head templates: {{ang-verb|līċettan}} līċettan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|līċettan<w1>}} Forms: līċettan [canonical], weak [table-tags], līċettan [infinitive], līċettenne [infinitive], līċette [first-person, present, singular], līċette [first-person, past, singular], līċetst [present, second-person, singular], līċettest [past, second-person, singular], līċett [present, singular, third-person], līċet [present, singular, third-person], līċette [past, singular, third-person], līċettaþ [plural, present], līċetton [past, plural], līċette [present, singular], līċette [past, singular], līċetten [plural, present], līċetten [past, plural], līċete [imperative, past, present, singular], līċettaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], līċettende [imperative, present], līċeted [imperative, past], ġelīċeted [imperative, past], līċett [imperative, past], ġelīċett [imperative, past], līċet [imperative, past], ġelīċet [imperative, past], līċċetan [alternative]
  1. to feign, pretend, profess falsely, fake
    Sense id: en-licettan-ang-verb-TgnkdtA0 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 33 28 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 31 38
  2. to simulate, imitate
    Sense id: en-licettan-ang-verb-5Txh5cjy Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 33 28 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 31 38
  3. to flatter
    Sense id: en-licettan-ang-verb-sLVwlmQj Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 33 28 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 31 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hīewian Derived forms: ġelīċettan, lēaslīċettan, līċettung, līċettere
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġelīċettan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "lēaslīċettan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "līċettung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "līċettere"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*līkattjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *līkattjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "līhhezzen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German līhhezzen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *līkattjan. Cognate with Old High German līhhezzen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "līċettan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċettan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċettenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċetst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċettest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċettaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċetton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċetten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċetten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċettaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċettende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċeted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelīċeted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelīċett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelīċet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċċetan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "līċettan"
      },
      "expansion": "līċettan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "līċettan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 28 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 28 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is wise for a wise person to pretend to be foolish.",
          "text": "The Old English Distichs of Cato\nÞæt is wīsdōm þæt wīs mann līċette dysiġ.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to feign, pretend, profess falsely, fake"
      ],
      "id": "en-licettan-ang-verb-TgnkdtA0",
      "links": [
        [
          "feign",
          "feign"
        ],
        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ],
        [
          "profess",
          "profess"
        ],
        [
          "falsely",
          "falsely"
        ],
        [
          "fake",
          "fake"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 28 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 28 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to simulate, imitate"
      ],
      "id": "en-licettan-ang-verb-5Txh5cjy",
      "links": [
        [
          "simulate",
          "simulate"
        ],
        [
          "imitate",
          "imitate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 28 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 28 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to flatter"
      ],
      "id": "en-licettan-ang-verb-sLVwlmQj",
      "links": [
        [
          "flatter",
          "flatter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈliː.t͡ʃet.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hīewian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "licettan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ġelīċettan"
    },
    {
      "word": "lēaslīċettan"
    },
    {
      "word": "līċettung"
    },
    {
      "word": "līċettere"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*līkattjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *līkattjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "līhhezzen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German līhhezzen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *līkattjan. Cognate with Old High German līhhezzen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "līċettan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċettan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċettenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċetst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċettest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċettaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċetton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċetten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċetten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċettaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċettende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċeted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelīċeted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelīċett",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelīċet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līċċetan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "līċettan"
      },
      "expansion": "līċettan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "līċettan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is wise for a wise person to pretend to be foolish.",
          "text": "The Old English Distichs of Cato\nÞæt is wīsdōm þæt wīs mann līċette dysiġ.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to feign, pretend, profess falsely, fake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feign",
          "feign"
        ],
        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ],
        [
          "profess",
          "profess"
        ],
        [
          "falsely",
          "falsely"
        ],
        [
          "fake",
          "fake"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to simulate, imitate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "simulate",
          "simulate"
        ],
        [
          "imitate",
          "imitate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to flatter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flatter",
          "flatter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈliː.t͡ʃet.tɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hīewian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "licettan"
}

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