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stien

Pronunciation: /ˈstiːən/

“stien” is a Middle English word. Its 13 meanings in English:

verb

  1. To drop or tumble downwards; to descend not of one's volition.
  2. To aim to increase one's knowledge or virtue.
  3. To increase one's position in society.
  4. To intensify, strengthen, or to be magnified.
  5. To become apparent mentally; to realise.
  6. To revolt; be angry, protest.
  7. To get up; to rise from a seat or bed.
  8. To move up a vertical surface; to scale.
  9. To begin to ride; to ascend on to.
  10. To enter heaven by ascension.
  11. To go or travel towards; to journey or venture.
  12. To arrive; to make an entrance into.
  13. To exist or reach upwards.

Etymology

From Old English stīgan, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti.

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