See fonden in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "faynd",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "fondien",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "fondin",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "vondi",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Southern"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "fonden",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"stem": "fond"
},
"expansion": "fonden (third-person singular simple present fondeth, present participle fondende, fondynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fonded)",
"name": "enm-verb"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "poetic"
},
"expansion": "(poetic)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fond",
"c2": "de"
},
"name": "enm-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To test; to subject to a trial or examination:",
"To trial an thing or object."
],
"links": [
[
"test",
"test"
],
[
"subject",
"subject"
],
[
"examination",
"examination"
],
[
"trial",
"trial"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"object",
"object"
]
],
"tags": [
"poetic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To test; to subject to a trial or examination:",
"To prove an idea or proposition."
],
"links": [
[
"test",
"test"
],
[
"subject",
"subject"
],
[
"examination",
"examination"
],
[
"prove",
"prove"
],
[
"idea",
"idea"
],
[
"proposition",
"proposition"
]
],
"tags": [
"poetic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To test; to subject to a trial or examination:",
"To test someone's ability or strength."
],
"links": [
[
"test",
"test"
],
[
"subject",
"subject"
],
[
"examination",
"examination"
],
[
"someone",
"someone"
],
[
"ability",
"ability"
],
[
"strength",
"strength"
]
],
"tags": [
"poetic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To test; to subject to a trial or examination:",
"To tempt; to test someone morally with temptations."
],
"links": [
[
"test",
"test"
],
[
"subject",
"subject"
],
[
"examination",
"examination"
],
[
"tempt",
"tempt"
],
[
"morally",
"morally"
],
[
"temptation",
"temptation"
]
],
"tags": [
"poetic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To attempt or pursue; to make an effort towards:",
"To undergo or experience."
],
"links": [
[
"attempt",
"attempt"
],
[
"pursue",
"pursue"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"towards",
"towards"
],
[
"undergo",
"undergo"
],
[
"experience",
"experience"
]
],
"tags": [
"poetic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To attempt or pursue; to make an effort towards:",
"To engage or interact with."
],
"links": [
[
"attempt",
"attempt"
],
[
"pursue",
"pursue"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"towards",
"towards"
],
[
"engage",
"engage"
],
[
"interact",
"interact"
]
],
"tags": [
"poetic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To attempt or pursue; to make an effort towards:",
"To search, seek, or look for."
],
"links": [
[
"attempt",
"attempt"
],
[
"pursue",
"pursue"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"towards",
"towards"
],
[
"search",
"search"
],
[
"seek",
"seek"
],
[
"look for",
"look for"
]
],
"tags": [
"poetic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To ensure or make certain."
],
"links": [
[
"ensure",
"ensure"
],
[
"make certain",
"make certain"
]
],
"tags": [
"poetic"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To move or journey (by conflation with founden)"
],
"links": [
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"journey",
"journey"
],
[
"founden",
"founden#Middle_English:_to_move"
]
],
"tags": [
"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔ̝ːndən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔndən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/fand/",
"tags": [
"Northern"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/faːnd/",
"tags": [
"Northern"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈvoːndən/",
"note": "Southern, West Midland"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈvoːndiː/",
"note": "Southern, West Midland"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈvɔ-/",
"note": "Southern, West Midland"
}
],
"word": "fonden"
}
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