See weyven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "weyve",
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{
"form": "weyve",
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"form": "weyveden",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weyvede",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weyveth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weyve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weyvynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weyvende",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
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"To refuse to perform a task or job or take on a duty."
],
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"To decide not to engage in or with something; to ignore one's right to do something:",
"To waive, renounce or reject something; to give up or go without. (e.g. a cause, a luxury, or a plot of land)"
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"To abscond; to sign out or relieve oneself."
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"To avoid or to resist engaging in something:",
"To withstand attack or tempting; to remain unbroken or resistant."
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"To escape from something; to elude or remain unfindable."
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"To block; to prevent:",
"To dismiss; to send away or drive away."
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"glosses": [
"To block; to prevent:",
"To eliminate, to get rid of or purge."
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"glosses": [
"To block; to prevent:",
"To deem illegal; to declare someone to be a criminal."
],
"id": "en-weyven-enm-verb--V6LzazV"
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{
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"To block; to prevent:",
"To distract; to stop from entering."
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},
{
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"To facilitate the passage of something to someone."
],
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},
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"To surrender; to admit or acknowledge defeat."
],
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈwæi̯vən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwaːvən/",
"tags": [
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}
],
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{
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{
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"3": "*waibijaną"
},
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"name": "der"
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],
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "to weyven",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "weyve",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
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{
"form": "weyve",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "weyved",
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},
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"form": "weyvest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
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]
},
{
"form": "weyvedest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"second-person",
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]
},
{
"form": "weyveth",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "weyved",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
"form": "weyve",
"source": "conjugation",
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"singular",
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{
"form": "weyved",
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},
{
"form": "weyve",
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"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weyven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weyve",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weyveden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weyvede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weyveth",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "weyve",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weyvynge",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weyvende",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weyved",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
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"past"
]
}
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],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To shake, waver or totter; to move to and fro:",
"To dangle; to sway to and fro while suspended."
],
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"enm:to wave"
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},
{
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{
"_dis": "7 10 7 6 7 4 1 11 1 1 2 5 31 4 2 2",
"kind": "topical",
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{
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"Human behaviour",
"Society",
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"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To shake, waver or totter; to move to and fro:",
"To move about; to travel aimlessly or erratically."
],
"id": "en-weyven-enm-verb-enm:to_wave1",
"senseid": [
"enm:to wave"
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:",
"text": "ye been so ful of sapience / That yow ne liketh, for youre heighe prudence, / To weyven fro the word of Salomon.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To shake, waver or totter; to move to and fro:",
"To be easily convinced to change course; to be uncertain."
],
"id": "en-weyven-enm-verb-enm:to_wave1",
"raw_glosses": [
"To shake, waver or totter; to move to and fro:",
"(figurative, rare) To be easily convinced to change course; to be uncertain."
],
"senseid": [
"enm:to wave"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"rare"
]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"To cause to shake, waver or totter; to push around:",
"To open, to lift up."
],
"id": "en-weyven-enm-verb-hAHhXoA5",
"raw_glosses": [
"To cause to shake, waver or totter; to push around:",
"(rare) To open, to lift up."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To cause to shake, waver or totter; to push around:",
"To make oneself distracted."
],
"id": "en-weyven-enm-verb-5xu13UXT",
"raw_glosses": [
"To cause to shake, waver or totter; to push around:",
"(figurative, rare) To make oneself distracted."
],
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"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwæi̯vən/"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wayf"
},
{
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}
],
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}
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"Middle English terms derived from Old Norse",
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to weyven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "weyve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "weyve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weyved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
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},
{
"form": "weyvest",
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"singular",
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"form": "weyved",
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"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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"present",
"singular"
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"form": "-",
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"present"
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"form": "weyve",
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"plural",
"present"
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"form": "weyveden",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural"
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},
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"form": "weyvede",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "weyveth",
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"plural",
"present"
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"plural",
"present"
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"past",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "weyvynge",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weyvende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weyved",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
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{
"form": "yweyved",
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"glosses": [
"To decide not to engage in or with something; to ignore one's right to do something:",
"To refuse to perform a task or job or take on a duty."
],
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"To decide not to engage in or with something; to ignore one's right to do something:",
"To abscond; to sign out or relieve oneself."
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{
"glosses": [
"To avoid or to resist engaging in something:",
"To withstand attack or tempting; to remain unbroken or resistant."
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},
{
"glosses": [
"To avoid or to resist engaging in something:",
"To escape from something; to elude or remain unfindable."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To block; to prevent:",
"To dismiss; to send away or drive away."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To block; to prevent:",
"To eliminate, to get rid of or purge."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To block; to prevent:",
"To deem illegal; to declare someone to be a criminal."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To block; to prevent:",
"To distract; to stop from entering."
]
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{
"glosses": [
"To facilitate the passage of something to someone."
]
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{
"glosses": [
"To surrender; to admit or acknowledge defeat."
]
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"ipa": "/ˈwæi̯vən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwaːvən/",
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"word": "weyve"
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{
"word": "wayve"
},
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"word": "weive"
},
{
"word": "wayfe"
},
{
"word": "wayvye"
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{
"word": "wayven"
},
{
"word": "veyfen"
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{
"word": "waifen"
}
],
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"Middle English verbs",
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"Pages with 1 entry",
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"enm:Gaits",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
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"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
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"plural",
"present"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weyveth",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
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},
{
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"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
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"form": "weyvynge",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weyved",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
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"form": "yweyved",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
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}
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"1": "weyv"
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],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To shake, waver or totter; to move to and fro:",
"To dangle; to sway to and fro while suspended."
],
"senseid": [
"enm:to wave"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To shake, waver or totter; to move to and fro:",
"To move about; to travel aimlessly or erratically."
],
"senseid": [
"enm:to wave"
]
},
{
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"Middle English terms with rare senses",
"Requests for translations of Middle English quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:",
"text": "ye been so ful of sapience / That yow ne liketh, for youre heighe prudence, / To weyven fro the word of Salomon.",
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"To shake, waver or totter; to move to and fro:",
"To be easily convinced to change course; to be uncertain."
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"To shake, waver or totter; to move to and fro:",
"(figurative, rare) To be easily convinced to change course; to be uncertain."
],
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"enm:to wave"
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"tags": [
"figuratively",
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"Middle English terms with rare senses"
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"glosses": [
"To cause to shake, waver or totter; to push around:",
"To open, to lift up."
],
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"To cause to shake, waver or totter; to push around:",
"(rare) To open, to lift up."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To cause to shake, waver or totter; to push around:",
"To make oneself distracted."
],
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"To cause to shake, waver or totter; to push around:",
"(figurative, rare) To make oneself distracted."
],
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"figuratively",
"rare"
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwæi̯vən/"
}
],
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{
"word": "weyve"
},
{
"word": "wayve"
},
{
"word": "wayf"
},
{
"word": "wayfe"
},
{
"word": "wayven"
},
{
"word": "veyven"
}
],
"word": "weyven"
}
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