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est en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ɛst/

Etymology

From Middle English este, from Old English ēst (“will, consent, favour”), from Proto-West Germanic *ansti, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (“favour, affection”), from Proto-Indo-European *ān- (“to notice; face, mouth”) or from *h₃neh₂- (“to bestow, offer, help; to enjoy”). Cognate with Icelandic ást (“affection, love”), Dutch gunst (“favour, grace, courtesy, privilege”), German Gunst (“favour, goodwill, boon”), Danish yndest (“favour”), Swedish ynnest (“favour, indulgence, grace”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Grace; favour.

Forms

est en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɛst/

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable) Abbreviation of established.
   alt of established
   • Acme Manufacturing Inc., est 1952
   • Work sleeve, sl raglan marker, work in ribbing as est to cable marker 2010, Julie Turjoman, Brave New Knits, page 49:

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re-est

est en · PROPN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɛst/

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Erhard Seminars Training, a course intended to promote satisfaction with life in the present moment, as opposed to strivings to attain it.
   alt of Erhard Seminars Training

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