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Swedish
Etymology
till + ägna
Verb
tillägna (present tillägnar, preterite tillägnade, supine tillägnat, imperative tillägna)
- to dedicate (e.g. at the beginning of a book)
- Synonym: dedicera
Denna bok tillägnas min hustru- This book is dedicated to my wife
- (reflexive) to acquire (knowledge, skills, ideas, or the like), to assimilate
tillägna sig kunskaper/färdigheter- acquire knowledge/skills
- (reflexive) to acquire (learn)
De studerade hur barn tillägnar sig språk- They studied how children acquire language
- (reflexive, especially law) to acquire (something more concrete), (often) to appropriate
tillägna sig någons bil under pistolhot- appropriate (take) someone's car at gunpoint
Conjugation
Conjugation of tillägna (weak)
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