"wrixle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: wrixles [present, singular, third-person], wrixling [participle, present], wrixled [participle, past], wrixled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English wrixlen, from Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”), from Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną, *wihslōną (“to change”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ- (“to change”). Cognate with Scots wissel (“to exchange, barter”), Dutch wisselen (“to exchange, barter, swap”), German wechseln (“to change, switch”), Icelandic víxl (“cross, interchange”), Latin vicis (“change, alteration, diversity, reciprocity”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrixlen}} Middle English wrixlen, {{inh|en|ang|wrixlan}} Old English wrixlan, {{m|ang|wixlan|t=to change, exchange, reciprocate}} wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wihslijaną}} Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną, {{m|gem-pro|*wihslōną|t=to change}} *wihslōną (“to change”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*weyk-}} Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, {{m|ine-pro|*weyḱ-|t=to change}} *weyḱ- (“to change”), {{cog|sco|wissel|t=to exchange, barter}} Scots wissel (“to exchange, barter”), {{cog|nl|wisselen|t=to exchange, barter, swap}} Dutch wisselen (“to exchange, barter, swap”), {{cog|de|wechseln|t=to change, switch}} German wechseln (“to change, switch”), {{cog|is|víxl|t=cross, interchange}} Icelandic víxl (“cross, interchange”), {{cog|la|vicis|t=change, alteration, diversity, reciprocity}} Latin vicis (“change, alteration, diversity, reciprocity”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wrixle (third-person singular simple present wrixles, present participle wrixling, simple past and past participle wrixled)
  1. (obsolete) To exchange. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wrixle-en-verb-avRatv6n
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To alter, as one's mind or mental faculties; effect a change in. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-wrixle-en-verb-7PcFzkIF
  3. (obsolete) To exchange opinions; speak one's mind; share thoughts; communicate. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wrixle-en-verb-nA2qdWEZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 18 54 26
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To envelop, wrap; confuse; confound. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-wrixle-en-verb-fyMspJ77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wirsle, wissle, wistle, wissel

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