verschonen
Meaning
- (transitive) to change, to replace with a clean piece of the same thing
- (figuratively, transitive) to excuse, pardon
- (obsolete, transitive) to withhold, to fail to use or employ
Concepts
Synonyms
in het gelijk stellen
zich verontschuldigen
heilig verklaren
Translations
excuser
excusar
heiligen, weihen
consacrare, ordinare
باركFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vərˈsxoːnə(n)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch verschônen. By surface analysis, schoon (“clean, pure”) + ver- -en or ver- + schonen (“to clean”).
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