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voeren

Pronunciation: /ˈvu.rə(n)/

“voeren” is a Dutch word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to guide, lead
  2. to wage (war)
  3. to bear a coat of arms
  4. to bear a name unofficially or semi-officially (e.g. in the Middle Ages when names were not entirely fixed yet).
  5. to line (cover the inner surface)
  6. to feed

Etymology

From Middle Dutch voeren, from Old Dutch fuoren, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną, causative of *faraną (modern varen).

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