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},
{
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},
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"To instill or inculcate a belief, worldview, ideal, or ideology."
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"(figuratively) To finish, finalise or terminate; to bring something to its end."
],
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"To be in a link, connection, or relationship with another thing."
],
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"(rare) To be in a link, connection, or relationship with another thing."
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"(rare) To incorporate or include (secret or esoteric) meanings."
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"To close up or turn off; to stop from working."
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"close up"
],
[
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"turn off"
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],
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"(rare) To close up or turn off; to stop from working."
],
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}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈknitən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈknutən/",
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈknɛtən/",
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]
}
],
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
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"singular"
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"present",
"singular",
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"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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},
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"singular",
"subjunctive"
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{
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"present",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "knytten",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
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},
{
"form": "knytte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "knytten",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural"
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},
{
"form": "knytte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "knyttede",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "knyttynge",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "knyttende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "knyt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "knytted",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yknyt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yknytted",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
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}
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"To connect or secure; to join something to another (especially with rope):",
"To wrap or swaddle; to encase or surround in rope as to secure or amalgamate."
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"To secure, join together, close, or link by making a knot."
],
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"knot",
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"To connect or secure; to join something to another (especially with rope):",
"To make an irrevocable or permanent linkage or binding contract."
],
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]
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"To connect or secure; to join something to another (especially with rope):",
"To join, unite or bring together; to make two things one."
],
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],
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"unite",
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"To connect or secure; to join something to another (especially with rope):",
"To append or bring into another; to make one thing part of another."
],
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"append"
]
]
},
{
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"To enter into or begin an endeavour, activity, or pursuit:",
"To instill or inculcate a belief, worldview, ideal, or ideology."
],
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"endeavour",
"endeavour"
],
[
"pursuit",
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{
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"To work out an argument or treatise out of words or ideas."
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{
"glosses": [
"To fix or repair; to stop something from being broken or in disrepair."
],
"links": [
[
"fix",
"fix"
],
[
"repair",
"repair"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To make, tie or create a knot; to tie thread as to stay secure."
],
"links": [
[
"knot",
"knot"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To solidify, compress or harden; to cause to congeal or become hardened."
],
"links": [
[
"solidify",
"solidify"
],
[
"compress",
"compress"
],
[
"harden",
"harden"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To finish, finalise or terminate; to bring something to its end."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To finish, finalise or terminate; to bring something to its end."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To be in a link, connection, or relationship with another thing."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To be in a link, connection, or relationship with another thing."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To be joined, united or brought together."
],
"links": [
[
"joined",
"joined"
],
[
"united",
"united"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To be joined, united or brought together."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To incorporate or include (secret or esoteric) meanings."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To incorporate or include (secret or esoteric) meanings."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To close up or turn off; to stop from working."
],
"links": [
[
"close up",
"close up"
],
[
"turn off",
"turn off"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To close up or turn off; to stop from working."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈknitən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈknutən/",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈknɛtən/",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "knetten"
},
{
"word": "knitte"
},
{
"word": "knitten"
},
{
"word": "knutten"
},
{
"word": "knytte"
},
{
"word": "knyttyn"
}
],
"word": "knytten"
}
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