verwesen

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Old High German *firwësan (“to come to nothing, pass away, destroy”). Cognate with Old Norse visinn (“faded, decayed”), Old English weornian (“to destroy”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (frawisan, “to consume, waste, squander”). Compare Latin virus, Ancient Greek ἰός (iós), Sanskrit विष (viṣa, “poison”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈveːzn̩/

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• Hyphenation: ver‧we‧sen

verwesen (weak, third-person singular present verwest, past tense verweste, past participle verwest, auxiliary sein)

1. to decay
2. to decompose
3. (archaic) to administer, to conduct, to govern, to manage. Refer to the prefix ver- (english for-) + wesen (archaic for to be ), meaning to manage things existing in a kingdom.

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• Verwesen, Verweser, Verwesung
• verwesend, verwest

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