"bloodlet" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bloodlets [present, singular, third-person], bloodletting [participle, present], bloodlet [participle, past], bloodlet [past]
Etymology: From Middle English blodleten, from Old English blōdlǣtan (“to let blood, bleed”), equivalent to blood + let. Cognate with German Blutlassen (“bloodletting”), Icelandic blóðlátinn (“bled”, past participle). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blodleten}} Middle English blodleten, {{inh|en|ang|blōdlǣtan||to let blood, bleed}} Old English blōdlǣtan (“to let blood, bleed”), {{compound|en|blood|let}} blood + let, {{cog|de|Blutlassen||bloodletting}} German Blutlassen (“bloodletting”), {{cog|is|blóðlátinn||bled|pos=past participle}} Icelandic blóðlátinn (“bled”, past participle) Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~ting|~}} bloodlet (third-person singular simple present bloodlets, present participle bloodletting, simple past and past participle bloodlet)
  1. (transitive) To bleed; let blood; phlebotomise. Tags: transitive Derived forms: bloodletter, bloodletting Translations (to phlebotomise): aderlaten (Dutch), upuszczać krew [imperfective] (Polish), upuścić krew [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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