vergen

  1. (transitive) to demand, utter/pose a requirement
  2. (transitive) to require, necessitate
  3. (obsolete) to ask, inquire
  4. (obsolete) to offer, grant
  5. (obsolete) to taunt, bother
  6. (obsolete) to seek, search

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɛr.ɣə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch vergen, from Old Dutch *fergon, from Proto-Germanic *fergōną. Cognate with Old Saxon fergon, West Frisian fergje, German fergen, Old Norse fergja.

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