ert

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verb

To incite; urge on; encourage.

Similar
Earth-received time
OriginMiddle English erten ← Old Norse erta ← Proto-Germanic *artijaną →
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Meanings

ert1

verbert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle erting, simple past and past participle erted)

present singular third person erts · participle present erting · participle past erted · past erted · alternative art

  1. UKdialectalobsoletetransitiveTo incite; urge on; encourage.
  2. UKdialectalobsoletetransitiveTo irritate; provoke.
  3. UKdialectalintransitiveobsoleteTo be eager; hurry.
  4. UKdialectalobsoletetransitiveTo make as if to strike; argue (with).
  5. UKdialectalobsoletetransitiveTo strive after; try to obtain.
  6. UKdialectalintransitiveobsoleteTo strive onward and upward.

ERT2

proper noun
  1. Ellenikí/Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (Hellenic (Greek) Broadcasting television), Greece
nounERT (plural ERTs)

plural ERTs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of emergency response team.
  2. abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of enzyme replacement therapy.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth

Similar
Earth-received time
Broader
coordinated universal timeUTC

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erd-“sharp point, stinger”
  2. Proto-Germanic*artijaną“to excite, tease”
  3. Old Norseerta“to provoke, incite, tease”
  4. Middle Englisherten
  5. Englishert

From Middle English erten, ertin, from Old Norse erta (“to provoke, incite, tease”), from Proto-Germanic *artijaną (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erd- (“sharp point, stinger”). Cognate with Icelandic erta (“to irritate”), Norwegian erta (“to taunt”), Swedish ärta (“to tease, jibe”), Old Irish aird (“point, ord, end point”), Ancient Greek ἄρδις (árdis, “arrowhead”).

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Translations

Greek ΕΡΤ
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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ert

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Anagrams

retter
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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