wrixle

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verb

To exchange.

OriginMiddle English wrixlen ← Old English wrixlan ← Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną →
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Meanings

verbwrixle (third-person singular simple present wrixles, present participle wrixling, simple past and past participle wrixled)

present singular third person wrixles · participle present wrixling · participle past wrixled · past wrixled · alternative wirsle · alternative wissle · alternative wistle · alternative wissel

  1. obsoleteTo exchange.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo alter, as one's mind or mental faculties; effect a change in.
  3. obsoleteTo exchange opinions; speak one's mind; share thoughts; communicate.
  4. obsoletetransitiveTo envelop, wrap; confuse; confound.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
exchangetrade

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyk-
  2. Proto-Germanic*wihslijaną
  3. Old Englishwrixlan
  4. Middle Englishwrixlen
  5. Englishwrixle

From Middle English wrixlen, from Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”), from Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną, *wihslōną (“to change”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ- (“to change”). Cognate with Scots wissel (“to exchange, barter”), Dutch wisselen (“to exchange, barter, swap”), German wechseln (“to change, switch”), Icelandic víxl (“cross, interchange”), Latin vicis (“change, alteration, diversity, reciprocity”).

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Chicago

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