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wrixle en · VERB

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

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

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