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fasten
English
Etymology
From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastin?n (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast +? -en.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??s?n/, /?f??sn?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fæs?n/, /?fæsn?/
Verb
fasten (third-person singular simple present fastens, present participle fastening, simple past and past participle fastened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
- May 31, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 43
- The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them.
- May 31, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 43
- To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.
Derived terms
- fastening
- unfasten
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Stefan, nefast
German
Etymology 1
Middle High German vasten, from Old High German fast?n, from Proto-Germanic *fast?n?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fastn?/, /?fast?n/
- Homophone: fassten
- Hyphenation: fas?ten; pre-1996: fa?sten
Verb
fasten (weak, third-person singular present fastet, past tense fastete, past participle gefastet, auxiliary haben)
- to fast
Conjugation
Related terms
- Fasten
- Fastenzeit
- Fastnacht
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fa?st?n/
- Hyphenation: fas?ten; pre-1996: fa?sten
Verb
fasten
- inflection of fasen:
- first/third-person plural preterite
- first/third-person plural subjunctive II
Further reading
- “fasten” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- fasta
Noun
fasten m or f
- definite masculine singular of faste
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fast?n?.
Verb
fast?n
- to fast
Conjugation
Descendants
- Middle High German: vasten
- Cimbrian: bastan
- German: fasten
- Luxembourgish: faaschten
- Yiddish: ???????? (fastn)
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oblige
English
Etymology
From Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, obliger, from Latin obligo, obligare, from ob- + ligo. Doublet of obligate, taken straight from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??bla?d?/
- Rhymes: -a?d?
Verb
oblige (third-person singular simple present obliges, present participle obliging, simple past and past participle obliged)
- (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
- I am obliged to report to the police station every week.
- (transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
- He obliged me by not parking his car in the drive.
- The singer obliged with another song.
- (intransitive) To be indebted to someone.
- I am obliged to you for your recent help.
Usage notes
Aside from in American English and Scottish, "obliged" has largely replaced "obligate" by the 20th century, the latter being more common in the 17th through 19th centuries.
Derived terms
- disoblige
Related terms
- much obliged
- noblesse oblige
- obligate
- obligation
- obligatory
- obligee
- obligor
Translations
References
Anagrams
- big ole, biogel, globie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.bli?/
Verb
oblige
- first-person singular present indicative of obliger
- third-person singular present indicative of obliger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of obliger
- third-person singular present subjunctive of obliger
- second-person singular imperative of obliger
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [o?blid??e]
Verb
oblige
- third-person singular present subjunctive of obliga
- third-person plural present subjunctive of obliga
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