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потво́рствовать — meaning in English

potvorstvovat

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English meaning

  • cater verb To provide food and drink, typically for an event, as a professional service.
  • connive verb To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
  • indulge verb To allow oneself to enjoy something desired, often without restraint.
  • pander verb To act in a way that indulges or appeals to someone's weaknesses, desires, or lower tastes, often for personal gain.

Senses

потво́рствовать is used for these senses in English:

  • connive (intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]

cater — full definition

  1. verb To provide food and drink, typically for an event, as a professional service.
  2. verb To provide for or suit the needs or tastes of a particular group.

connive — full definition

  1. verb To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
  2. verb Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.
  3. verb Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
  4. verb To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

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