See clymben in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
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"singular",
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]
},
{
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"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
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{
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"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "clomben",
"tags": [
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "enm-conj-st",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "climben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to climben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clomb",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "climbed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "climbest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clombe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clambe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "climbedest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "clomb",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "clamb",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "climbed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "clombe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "clambe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "climbed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "climben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "clomben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clombe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clamben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clambe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "climbeden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "climbede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "climbeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "climbynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "climbende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "clomben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "clombe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "climbed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yclomben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yclombe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "climben",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "clymbe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "climme",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Kent"
]
},
{
"form": "clembe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "clemben",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "cleme",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "clemen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "clym",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "clyme",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "klymbe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "climbenn",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Ormulum"
]
}
],
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},
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},
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"4": "clomb",
"c": "3",
"w": "ed"
},
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"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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{
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},
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"_dis": "22 22 22 22 6 6",
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},
{
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],
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"To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface):",
"To ascend towards God."
],
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[
"scale",
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],
[
"vertically",
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],
[
"diagonally",
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],
[
"ascend",
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],
[
"towards",
"towards"
],
[
"God",
"God"
]
],
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"To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface):",
"(figurative) To ascend towards God."
],
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]
},
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{
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[
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],
[
"scale",
"scale"
],
[
"vertically",
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],
[
"diagonally",
"diagonally#English"
],
[
"rise",
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],
[
"societal",
"societal"
],
[
"position",
"position"
]
],
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],
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]
},
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{
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],
[
"scale",
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],
[
"vertically",
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],
[
"diagonally",
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],
[
"set",
"set"
],
[
"goal",
"goal"
],
[
"aim",
"aim"
]
],
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"To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface):",
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],
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]
},
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{
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],
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"To surmount; to prevail."
],
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[
"climb",
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[
"scale",
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],
[
"vertically",
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[
"diagonally",
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],
[
"surmount",
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[
"prevail",
"prevail"
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],
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"To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface):",
"(figurative, rare) To surmount; to prevail."
],
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]
},
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{
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],
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],
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],
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]
},
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"To extend or reach upwards."
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],
[
"reach",
"reach"
]
],
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"To soar or move upwards:",
"(rare) To extend or reach upwards."
],
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]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈkliːm(b)ən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈklim(b)ən/",
"tags": [
"Northern",
"especially"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkleːm(b)ən/"
},
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"ipa": "/ˈklɛm(b)ən/",
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}
],
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"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English verbs",
"Middle English weak verbs",
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"args": {
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"args": {
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "*klambijaną"
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"name": "inh"
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],
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{
"form": "clymbeth",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "clymbynge",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "clomb",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "clomben",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "enm-conj-st",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "climben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to climben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clomb",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clamb",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "climbed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "climbest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clombe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "clambe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "climbedest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "climbeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "clomb",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "clamb",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "climbed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "clombe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "clambe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "climbed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "climben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "clomben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clombe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clamben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "clambe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "climbeden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "climbede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "climbeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "climbynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "climbende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "clomben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "clombe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "climbed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yclomben",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yclombe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "climbe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "climben",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "clymbe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "climme",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Kent"
]
},
{
"form": "clembe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "clemben",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "cleme",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "clemen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "clym",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "clyme",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "klymbe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "climbenn",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Ormulum"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "clymben",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "clymbeth",
"2": "clymbynge",
"3": "clomb",
"4": "clomben"
},
"expansion": "clymben (third-person singular simple present clymbeth, present participle clymbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative clomb, past participle clomben)",
"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "climb",
"2": "clomb",
"2a": "clamb",
"3": "clomb",
"3a": "clamb",
"4": "clomb",
"c": "3",
"w": "ed"
},
"name": "enm-conj-st"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface):",
"To ascend towards God."
],
"links": [
[
"climb",
"climb"
],
[
"scale",
"scale"
],
[
"vertically",
"vertically#English"
],
[
"diagonally",
"diagonally#English"
],
[
"ascend",
"ascend"
],
[
"towards",
"towards"
],
[
"God",
"God"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface):",
"(figurative) To ascend towards God."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface):",
"To rise in societal position."
],
"links": [
[
"climb",
"climb"
],
[
"scale",
"scale"
],
[
"vertically",
"vertically#English"
],
[
"diagonally",
"diagonally#English"
],
[
"rise",
"rise"
],
[
"societal",
"societal"
],
[
"position",
"position"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface):",
"(figurative) To rise in societal position."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface):",
"To set a goal; to aim."
],
"links": [
[
"climb",
"climb"
],
[
"scale",
"scale"
],
[
"vertically",
"vertically#English"
],
[
"diagonally",
"diagonally#English"
],
[
"set",
"set"
],
[
"goal",
"goal"
],
[
"aim",
"aim"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface):",
"(figurative) To set a goal; to aim."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface):",
"To surmount; to prevail."
],
"links": [
[
"climb",
"climb"
],
[
"scale",
"scale"
],
[
"vertically",
"vertically#English"
],
[
"diagonally",
"diagonally#English"
],
[
"surmount",
"surmount"
],
[
"prevail",
"prevail"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To climb or scale (travel vertically or diagonally up a surface):",
"(figurative, rare) To surmount; to prevail."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To soar or move upwards"
],
"links": [
[
"soar",
"soar"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"upwards",
"upwards"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To soar or move upwards:"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To soar or move upwards:",
"To extend or reach upwards."
],
"links": [
[
"soar",
"soar"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"upwards",
"upwards"
],
[
"extend",
"extend"
],
[
"reach",
"reach"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To soar or move upwards:",
"(rare) To extend or reach upwards."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkliːm(b)ən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈklim(b)ən/",
"tags": [
"Northern",
"especially"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkleːm(b)ən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈklɛm(b)ən/",
"note": "especially Southern, Southwest Midland"
}
],
"word": "clymben"
}
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