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verstenen

Pronunciation: /vərˈsteːnə(n)/

“verstenen” is a Dutch word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to petrify, turn (something) into rock
  2. to harden, make insensitive
  3. to be petrified, turned into rock
  4. to be hardened, to become rigid, implacable
  5. to equip, fit (a mill) with a(nother) millstone
  6. to moan, complain
  7. to bemoan, regret

Etymology

From Middle Dutch verstênen. Equivalent to steen + ver- -en.

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