ger.
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gerund.
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gerundive.
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gerund
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“I was born in a ger, I grew up in a ger, I got married in a ger. I have never lived in a house. I love my ger.”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2014
The profile in the relief confirms to some degree Plutarch's statement that Cyrus had an aquiline nose, and the Persians therefore considered beaked noses the most becoming: "Praec. ger. reip." c.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker
Apollinaris W. Ger. 300,000 Strong, needling fizz and a warm, hea vy mineral flavor that suggests bicarbonate of soda.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Eng. dow, to avail, to be worth; from A.S. dugan, to be worth; Ger. taugen, to be strong, to be worth.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The word “to blaze,” in the sense of to noise abroad, comes from the A.-S. blaesan, to blow, cf. the Ger. blasen; in sense, if not in origin, it is confused with “blazon” in heraldry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
This appears in the German name, Emmerling, and the word probably means the “chirper,” cf. the Ger. jammern, to wail, lament.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
This seems to be identical with the Scots word “cofe,” a pedlar, hawker, which is formed from “coff,” to sell, purchase, cognate with the Ger. kaufen, to buy, and the native English “cheap.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
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