"pote" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /pəʊt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /poʊt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pote.wav Forms: potes [present, singular, third-person], poting [participle, present], poted [participle, past], poted [past]
Rhymes: -əʊt, -oʊt Etymology: From Middle English poten, from Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stab, push, poke”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to plant”), Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”). More at put. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|poten}} Middle English poten, {{inh|en|ang|potian|t=to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad}} Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*putōną|t=to stab, push, poke}} Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stab, push, poke”), {{cog|nl|poten||to plant}} Dutch poten (“to plant”), {{cog|nn|pota|t=to poke}} Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} pote (third-person singular simple present potes, present participle poting, simple past and past participle poted)
  1. (obsolete) To push, thrust. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-pote-en-verb-IbM1s4a~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30
  2. To poke (with a stick etc.).
    Sense id: en-pote-en-verb-ymEByY2u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: potter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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