verwichsen

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German

Etymology

ver- +‎ wichsen

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  • Hyphenation: ver‧wich‧sen

Verb

verwichsen (weak, third-person singular present verwichst, past tense verwichste, past participle verwichst, auxiliary haben)

  1. (archaic) to fill with wax (Wachs) or polish (Wichse)
    • 1796, Johann Riem, Neue Sammlung vermischter ökonomischer Schriften, und Beendigung der Bienen-Bibliothek. Neunter Theil, Dresden: Walther’sche Hofbuchhandlung, page 271:
      Wahr, daß die Bienen auch noch so fein gearbeitete Rahmen bei den feinen Ritzen verwichsten, und dadurch die Absonderung erschwerten.
      True that the bees waxed however finely worked frames at the fine crannies and thereby made separation harder.
  2. (dated, Bavaria) to beat up, to lambaste
  3. (dated, Bavaria) to splurge, to squander
    Synonyms: urassen, verlaborieren, verschwenden, verprassen, vergeuden, verjubeln, verbraten, vertun

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