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rine

The English word “rine” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To touch.
  2. To concern; affect.
  3. To pertain to; fall to.
  4. To tend to a certain effect or outcome.

noun

  1. A watercourse or ditch.

Etymology

From Middle English rinen, from Old English hrīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to strip, touch”).

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