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ge-openian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to open a door, gate, &c., so as to admit of passage
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to open a box, &c., an enclosed space,
render passage possible into an enclosed place
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to open, spread out
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to make an opening in, cut or
break into
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to open a way,
make clear a passage
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to uncover, disclose to view, shew. See B. I
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to lay bare to the mind, disclose, reveal, declare, male known.
the object a noun or pronoun
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the object a clause
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to make clear, explain, expound
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to proclaim
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to become disclosed, come into sight
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to give explanations about a subject
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-openian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/49211.

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