See merren in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "merre",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
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]
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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},
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"singular",
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "merren",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "merreden",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
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]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "merrende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ymerred",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "marre",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "merre",
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"alternative"
]
},
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"alternative"
]
},
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "mere",
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"alternative"
]
},
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"alternative"
]
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},
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}
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},
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],
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[
"thing",
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"(transitive) To disturb, hinder, or prevent (a person or thing)"
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"person",
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"thing",
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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 vex, afflict, or harass."
],
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[
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[
"afflict",
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],
[
"harass",
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"(transitive) To vex, afflict, or harass."
],
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"word": "destroyen"
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{
"word": "stroyen"
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},
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},
{
"_dis": "18 22 17 14 15 14",
"kind": "other",
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"_dis": "19 19 19 13 15 14",
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"To weaken or disappear."
],
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"weaken",
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],
[
"disappear",
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],
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"(intransitive) To weaken or disappear."
],
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"Northern",
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]
},
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{
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{
"_dis": "18 22 17 14 15 14",
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},
{
"_dis": "18 22 17 14 15 14",
"kind": "other",
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{
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{
"_dis": "18 20 17 15 15 15",
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"To be perplexed or vexed."
],
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"(intransitive, rare) To be perplexed or vexed."
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈmarən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛrən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mar/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɛr/"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːr/",
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},
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"ipa": "/mɛ̞ːr/",
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}
],
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"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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"lang": "Scots",
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"2": "i",
"3": "I"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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{
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"name": "der"
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{
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},
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],
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{
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"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "merrende",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "merrynge",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "merred",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"participle",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "enm-conj-wk",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "merren",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to merren",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "merre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "merre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merred",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merrede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merrest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merredest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merreth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "merred",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "merrede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "merre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "merred",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "merrede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "merre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "merren",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "merre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "merreden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merred",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merrede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merreth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "merre",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "merrynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "merrende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "merred",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ymerred",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "marre",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "merre",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "mearren",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "mæren",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "mere",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "mare",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "merr",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "merren",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"stem": "merr"
},
"expansion": "merren (third-person singular simple present merreth, present participle merrende, merrynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle merred)",
"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "merr"
},
"name": "enm-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "amerren"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To disturb, hinder, or prevent (a person or thing)"
],
"links": [
[
"disturb",
"disturb"
],
[
"hinder",
"hinder"
],
[
"prevent",
"prevent"
],
[
"person",
"person#English"
],
[
"thing",
"thing#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To disturb, hinder, or prevent (a person or thing)"
],
"tags": [
"Northern",
"West",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To damage, impair or destroy (a person or thing):",
"To spoil or ruin (an aim, capability, or endeavour)"
],
"links": [
[
"damage",
"damage"
],
[
"impair",
"impair"
],
[
"destroy",
"destroy"
],
[
"person",
"person#English"
],
[
"thing",
"thing#English"
],
[
"spoil",
"spoil"
],
[
"ruin",
"ruin"
],
[
"aim",
"aim#English"
],
[
"capability",
"capability#English"
],
[
"endeavour",
"endeavour#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To damage, impair or destroy (a person or thing):",
"To spoil or ruin (an aim, capability, or endeavour)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "destroyen"
},
{
"word": "stroyen"
}
],
"tags": [
"Northern",
"West",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To damage, impair or destroy (a person or thing):",
"To wound or kill; to damage physically."
],
"links": [
[
"damage",
"damage"
],
[
"impair",
"impair"
],
[
"destroy",
"destroy"
],
[
"person",
"person#English"
],
[
"thing",
"thing#English"
],
[
"wound",
"wound"
],
[
"kill",
"kill"
],
[
"damage",
"damage"
],
[
"physically",
"physically"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To damage, impair or destroy (a person or thing):",
"To wound or kill; to damage physically."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "destroyen"
},
{
"word": "stroyen"
}
],
"tags": [
"Northern",
"West",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To vex, afflict, or harass."
],
"links": [
[
"vex",
"vex"
],
[
"afflict",
"afflict"
],
[
"harass",
"harass"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To vex, afflict, or harass."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "destroyen"
},
{
"word": "stroyen"
}
],
"tags": [
"Northern",
"West",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To weaken or disappear."
],
"links": [
[
"weaken",
"weaken"
],
[
"disappear",
"disappear"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To weaken or disappear."
],
"tags": [
"Northern",
"West",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English intransitive verbs",
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To be perplexed or vexed."
],
"links": [
[
"perplex",
"perplex"
],
[
"vex",
"vex"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, rare) To be perplexed or vexed."
],
"tags": [
"Northern",
"West",
"intransitive",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmarən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛrən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mar/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɛr/"
},
{
"ipa": "/maːr/",
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɛ̞ːr/",
"tags": [
"Northern"
]
}
],
"word": "merren"
}
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