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καταφέρνω — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • coax verb To gently persuade someone to do something through patience or flattery.
  • make verb To create, produce, or build something.
  • succeed verb To achieve a desired goal or outcome.

Senses

καταφέρνω is used for these senses in English:

  • coax (transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
  • make (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
  • succeed (intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).

make — full definition

  1. verb To create, produce, or build something.
  2. verb To cause someone or something to do or become a particular thing.
  3. verb To earn or gain money.
  4. verb To arrive at or reach a place, especially in time.
  5. noun The brand or manufacturer of a product.

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