"ean" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English enen",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ēanian",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to yean, bring forth young, bring forth lambs"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ēanian (“to yean, bring forth young, bring forth lambs”)",
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    },
    {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*aunōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *aunōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "*aunōną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to bring forth lambs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aunōną (“to bring forth lambs”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ēacnian",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to add, increase, be enlarged, be augmented, become pregnant, conceive, bring forth, produce"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ēacnian (“to add, increase, be enlarged, be augmented, become pregnant, conceive, bring forth, produce”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aukô",
        "4": "",
        "5": "increase"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aukô (“increase”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ewg-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to increase"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English enen, from Old English ēanian (“to yean, bring forth young, bring forth lambs”), from Proto-West Germanic *aunōn, from Proto-Germanic *aunōną (“to bring forth lambs”).\nAn alternate etymology derives the Old English word from a corruption of Old English ēacnian (“to add, increase, be enlarged, be augmented, become pregnant, conceive, bring forth, produce”), from ēacen (“increased, augmented”), from ēaca (“an addition, increase, eeking”), from Proto-Germanic *aukô (“increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase”). More at eke.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eans",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eaning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eaned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eaned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To bring forth young; to yean."
      ],
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        ],
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          "yean",
          "yean"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To bring forth young; to yean."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "yean"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ean"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "enen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English enen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ēanian",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to yean, bring forth young, bring forth lambs"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ēanian (“to yean, bring forth young, bring forth lambs”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*aunōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *aunōn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aunōną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to bring forth lambs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aunōną (“to bring forth lambs”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ēacnian",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to add, increase, be enlarged, be augmented, become pregnant, conceive, bring forth, produce"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ēacnian (“to add, increase, be enlarged, be augmented, become pregnant, conceive, bring forth, produce”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "increase"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aukô (“increase”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "*h₂ewg-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to increase"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English enen, from Old English ēanian (“to yean, bring forth young, bring forth lambs”), from Proto-West Germanic *aunōn, from Proto-Germanic *aunōną (“to bring forth lambs”).\nAn alternate etymology derives the Old English word from a corruption of Old English ēacnian (“to add, increase, be enlarged, be augmented, become pregnant, conceive, bring forth, produce”), from ēacen (“increased, augmented”), from ēaca (“an addition, increase, eeking”), from Proto-Germanic *aukô (“increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase”). More at eke.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eans",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eaning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eaned",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eaned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "yean"
    }
  ],
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        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring forth young; to yean."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bring forth",
          "bring forth"
        ],
        [
          "yean",
          "yean"
        ]
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To bring forth young; to yean."
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "ean"
}