"infang" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "infangthief"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "in",
        "3": "fang"
      },
      "expansion": "in- + fang",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "onfōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English onfōn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "onfangen"
      },
      "expansion": "onfangen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "past participle <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ang\">onfangen</i>; \"to take, receive, perceive, comprehend, accept, take to one’s self, sponsor, harbor, favor unrighteously, take hold of, undertake, undergo, begin, conceive\""
      },
      "expansion": "(past participle onfangen; \"to take, receive, perceive, comprehend, accept, take to one’s self, sponsor, harbor, favor unrighteously, take hold of, undertake, undergo, begin, conceive\")",
      "name": "gloss"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From in- + fang. Compare Old English onfōn (past participle onfangen; \"to take, receive, perceive, comprehend, accept, take to one’s self, sponsor, harbor, favor unrighteously, take hold of, undertake, undergo, begin, conceive\").",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "infangs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "infanging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "infanged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "infanged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "infang (third-person singular simple present infangs, present participle infanging, simple past and past participle infanged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 28 24 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 34 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with in-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw or take in."
      ],
      "id": "en-infang-en-verb-3NabUX1D",
      "links": [
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To draw or take in."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 28 24 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cheat; gull; take in."
      ],
      "id": "en-infang-en-verb-Xbpo0xwQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
        ],
        [
          "gull",
          "gull"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, dialectal or obsolete, Scotland) To cheat; gull; take in."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 28 24 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seize; get into one's clutches."
      ],
      "id": "en-infang-en-verb-Nd9UKh~l",
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, dialectal or obsolete, Scotland) To seize; get into one's clutches."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "infang"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "infangthief"
      },
      "expansion": "infangthief",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened from infangthief.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "infangs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "infang (plural infangs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "infangthief"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 28 24 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of infangthief"
      ],
      "id": "en-infang-en-noun-x-uvuBrC",
      "links": [
        [
          "infangthief",
          "infangthief#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "infang"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with in-",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "infangthief"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "in",
        "3": "fang"
      },
      "expansion": "in- + fang",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "onfōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English onfōn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "onfangen"
      },
      "expansion": "onfangen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "past participle <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ang\">onfangen</i>; \"to take, receive, perceive, comprehend, accept, take to one’s self, sponsor, harbor, favor unrighteously, take hold of, undertake, undergo, begin, conceive\""
      },
      "expansion": "(past participle onfangen; \"to take, receive, perceive, comprehend, accept, take to one’s self, sponsor, harbor, favor unrighteously, take hold of, undertake, undergo, begin, conceive\")",
      "name": "gloss"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From in- + fang. Compare Old English onfōn (past participle onfangen; \"to take, receive, perceive, comprehend, accept, take to one’s self, sponsor, harbor, favor unrighteously, take hold of, undertake, undergo, begin, conceive\").",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "infangs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "infanging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "infanged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "infanged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "infang (third-person singular simple present infangs, present participle infanging, simple past and past participle infanged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw or take in."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To draw or take in."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cheat; gull; take in."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
        ],
        [
          "gull",
          "gull"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, dialectal or obsolete, Scotland) To cheat; gull; take in."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seize; get into one's clutches."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, dialectal or obsolete, Scotland) To seize; get into one's clutches."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "infang"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "infangthief"
      },
      "expansion": "infangthief",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened from infangthief.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "infangs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "infang (plural infangs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "infangthief"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of infangthief"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "infangthief",
          "infangthief#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "infang"
}