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aussetzen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  • bequeath verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
  • expose verb To uncover or reveal something that was hidden, especially something wrong or shameful.
  • maroon adj A dark brownish-red colour.
  • stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.
  • subject noun The main topic being discussed, studied, or shown in a work of art.
  • suspend verb To stop something temporarily, meaning to start it again later.

Senses

aussetzen is used for these senses in English:

  • abandon (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
  • bequeath (legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
  • expose (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
  • expose To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
  • maroon To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.
  • stay (transitive, obsolete) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
  • subject (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
  • suspend To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.

abandon — full definition

  1. verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  2. verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
  3. noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".

bequeath — full definition

  1. verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
  2. verb To pass something down, such as a tradition, idea, or quality.

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