legō — meaning in English
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English meaning
- appoint verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
- choose verb To pick one option from among two or more possibilities.
- elect verb To choose someone for a position through a vote.
- gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
- leave verb To go away from a place or person.
- read verb To look at written words or symbols and understand their meaning.
- select verb To choose one or more items from a group of options.
Senses
legō is used for these senses in English:
- appoint (obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
- choose To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
- choose To decide to act in a certain way.
- elect (transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election
- gather (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
- leave (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.
- read (transitive, or, intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
- read (transitive) To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
appoint — full definition
- verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
- verb To set or fix a time or place for something, such as a meeting.
choose — full definition
- verb To pick one option from among two or more possibilities.
- verb To decide or prefer to act in a particular way.