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defe

Pronunciation: /ˈdeː.fe/

“defe” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. suitable, befitting, proper, meek, gentle, kind

adverb

  1. kindly

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dōbī, from Proto-Germanic *dōbiz.

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