dicare

  • 91abdicate — ab|di|cate [ˈæbdıkeıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of abdicare, from ab away, off + dicare to say publicly ] 1.) to give up the position of being king or queen ▪ King Alfonso XIII abdicated in favour of his… …

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  • 92dedicate — ded|i|cate [ˈdedıkeıt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: dedicare, from dicare to say publicly ] 1.) to give all your attention and effort to one particular thing dedicate yourself/your life to sth ▪ The actress now dedicates herself to… …

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  • 93indicate — in|di|cate W1 [ˈındıkeıt] v [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of indicare, from dicare to say publicly or officially ] 1.) [T] to show that a particular situation exists, or that something is likely to be true indicate (that) ▪ …

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  • 94preach — [pri:tʃ] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: prechier, from Late Latin praedicare, from Latin dicare to say publicly ] 1.) [I and T] to talk about a religious subject in a public place, especially in a church during a service preach to ▪… …

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  • 95predicament — [14] Predicament was originally a technical term in logic, denoting a ‘category of attributes which may be asserted of a thing’. It broadened out in the 16th century to ‘situation’, but it does not seem to have been until the 18th century that… …

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  • 96dedizieren — Vsw widmen, schenken per. Wortschatz fach. (16. Jh.) mit Adaptionssuffix. Entlehnt aus spl. dēdicāre (Gott) weihen, widmen , dieses aus l. dēdicāre kundgeben, erklären, weihen , zu l. dicāre weihen, verkünden und l. de , Intensivum zu l. dīcere… …

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  • 97diktieren — Vsw std. (15. Jh.) mit Adaptionssuffix. Entlehnt aus l. dictāre, einem Intensivum zu l. dīcere (dictum) sprechen . Abstraktum: Diktat.    Ebenso nndl. dicteren, ne. dictate, nfrz. dicter, nschw. diktera, nnorw. diktere. Eine frühere Entlehnung… …

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  • 98Prädikat — Sn erw. fach. (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ml. praedicatum Rangbezeichnung , dem substantivierten PPP. von l. praedicāre (praedicātum) öffentlich ausrufen, bekanntmachen, äußern, erklären, behaupten, vorhersagen , zu l. dicāre feierlich… …

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  • 99zeigen — Vsw std. (8. Jh.), mhd. zeigen, ahd. zeigōn Stammwort. Wohl eine Intensivbildung zu zeihen in dessen älterer Bedeutung. Ähnlich l. dicāre feierlich verkünden neben l. dīcere sprechen . Abstraktum: Anzeige; Nomen agentis: Zeiger; Präfigierungen:… …

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  • 100abdicate — (v.) 1540s, to disown, disinherit (children), from L. abdicatus, pp. of abdicare to disown, disavow, reject (specifically abdicare magistratu renounce office ), from ab away (see AB (Cf. ab )) + dicare proclaim, from stem of dicere to speak, to… …

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