See declinen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"past",
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{
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{
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{
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"present"
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"present"
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"plural"
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{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "declinynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "declinende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "declined",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "decline",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "declyne",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "declynen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "declyn",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "declinen",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"stem": "declin"
},
"expansion": "declinen (third-person singular simple present declineth, present participle declinende, declinynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle declined)",
"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "clin",
"pf": "de"
},
"name": "enm-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "declin"
},
{
"word": "declinacioun"
},
{
"word": "declinson"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"enm:Astronomy"
],
"glosses": [
"To move or turn away: to deviate:",
"To bend or droop; to form a curve or angle."
],
"links": [
[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"away",
"away"
],
[
"deviate",
"deviate"
],
[
"bend",
"bend"
],
[
"droop",
"droop"
],
[
"curve",
"curve"
],
[
"angle",
"angle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(especially astronomy) To move or turn away: to deviate:",
"To bend or droop; to form a curve or angle."
],
"tags": [
"especially"
],
"topics": [
"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"enm:Astronomy"
],
"glosses": [
"To move or turn away: to deviate:",
"To slant or slope; to form an angle."
],
"links": [
[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"away",
"away"
],
[
"deviate",
"deviate"
],
[
"slant",
"slant"
],
[
"slope",
"slope"
],
[
"angle",
"angle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(especially astronomy) To move or turn away: to deviate:",
"To slant or slope; to form an angle."
],
"tags": [
"especially"
],
"topics": [
"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses",
"enm:Astronomy"
],
"glosses": [
"To move or turn away: to deviate:",
"To sink or drop; to move downwards."
],
"links": [
[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"away",
"away"
],
[
"deviate",
"deviate"
],
[
"sink",
"sink"
],
[
"drop",
"drop"
],
[
"downward",
"downward"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(especially astronomy) To move or turn away: to deviate:",
"(rare) To sink or drop; to move downwards."
],
"tags": [
"especially",
"rare"
],
"topics": [
"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To avoid or eschew; to stay away from:",
"To reject or abandon; to not or no longer accept."
],
"links": [
[
"avoid",
"avoid"
],
[
"eschew",
"eschew"
],
[
"stay",
"stay"
],
[
"away",
"away"
],
[
"reject",
"reject"
],
[
"abandon",
"abandon"
],
[
"not",
"not"
],
[
"no longer",
"no longer"
],
[
"accept",
"accept"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To avoid or eschew; to stay away from:",
"To cause to reject; to divert or entice away."
],
"links": [
[
"avoid",
"avoid"
],
[
"eschew",
"eschew"
],
[
"stay",
"stay"
],
[
"away",
"away"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"reject",
"reject"
],
[
"divert",
"divert"
],
[
"entice",
"entice"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To avoid or eschew; to stay away from:",
"(rare) To cause to reject; to divert or entice away."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To decline or fall; to become weak"
],
"links": [
[
"decline",
"decline"
],
[
"fall",
"fall"
],
[
"weak",
"weak"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To decline or fall; to become weak:"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To decline or fall; to become weak:",
"To weaken or destroy; to cause to decline."
],
"links": [
[
"decline",
"decline"
],
[
"fall",
"fall"
],
[
"weak",
"weak"
],
[
"weaken",
"weaken"
],
[
"destroy",
"destroy"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To tend; to have a tendency towards"
],
"links": [
[
"tend",
"tend"
],
[
"have",
"have"
],
[
"tendency",
"tendency"
],
[
"towards",
"towards"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To tend; to have a tendency towards:"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To tend; to have a tendency towards:",
"To cause to tend; to dispose towards."
],
"links": [
[
"tend",
"tend"
],
[
"have",
"have"
],
[
"tendency",
"tendency"
],
[
"towards",
"towards"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"dispose",
"dispose"
],
[
"toward",
"toward"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To tend; to have a tendency towards:",
"(rare) To cause to tend; to dispose towards."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"enm:Grammar"
],
"glosses": [
"To inflect (a word); to conjugate or decline."
],
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"inflect",
"inflect"
],
[
"word",
"word#English"
],
[
"conjugate",
"conjugate"
],
[
"decline",
"decline"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(grammar) To inflect (a word); to conjugate or decline."
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɛˈkliːnən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/dɛːˈkliːnən/"
}
],
"word": "declinen"
}
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