- openian
- \openian1 wv/t2 to open, open up, disclose, declare, reveal, expound; wv/i2 ge\openian to become manifest; ge\openian to be open to, exposed to
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Open — O pen v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Opening}.] [AS. openian. See {Open},a.] 1. To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Opened — Open O pen v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Opening}.] [AS. openian. See {Open},a.] 1. To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Opening — Open O pen v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Opening}.] [AS. openian. See {Open},a.] 1. To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To open one's mouth — Open O pen v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Opening}.] [AS. openian. See {Open},a.] 1. To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To open up — Open O pen v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Opening}.] [AS. openian. See {Open},a.] 1. To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
to speak — Open O pen v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Opening}.] [AS. openian. See {Open},a.] 1. To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Barry Guy — Barry John Guy (born 22 April 1947, in London) is a British composer and double bass player. His range of interests encompasses early music, contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, and he has worked with a wide variety of orchestras in… … Wikipedia
Öffnen — Öffnen, verb. reg. act. offen machen, d.i. aufmachen, machen, daß andere Dinge freyen Aus oder Zugang zu einem eingeschlossenen Raume bekommen. 1. Eigentlich, wo dieses Wort von einem weiten Umfange der Bedeutung ist, und alle die besondern Arten … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
open — openly, adv. openness, n. /oh peuhn/, adj. 1. not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night. 2. (of a door, gate, window sash, or the like) set so as to… … Universalium
open — {{11}}open (adj.) O.E. open not closed down, raised up (of gates, eyelids, etc.), also exposed, evident, well known, public, often in a bad sense, notorious, shameless; from P.Gmc. *upana, lit. put or set up (Cf. O.N. opinn, Swed. öppen, Dan.… … Etymology dictionary