Look up: Addle

1. addle
   [v] - mix up or confuse 2. [v] - become rotten
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2. Addle
   Ad'dle noun [ Middle English adel , Anglo-Saxon adela , mud.] 1. Liquid filth; mire. [ Obsolete] 2. Lees; dregs. [ Prov. Eng.] Wright.
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3. Addle
   Ad'dle adjective Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.
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4. Addle
   Ad'dle transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Addled ; present participle & verbal noun Addling ] To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. 'Their eggs were addled .' Cowper.
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5. Addle
   Ad'dle transitive verb & i. [ Middle English adlen , adilen , to gain, acquire; probably from Icelandic öðlask to acquire property, akin to oðal property. Confer Allodial .] 1. To earn by labor. [ Prov. Eng...
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6. addle
   1. To earn by labour. ... 2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. 'Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more.' (Tusser) ... Origin: OE. Adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. Fr. Icel. Oolask to acquire property, akin to ooal property. Cf. Allodial. ... Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, ...
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7. addle
   muddle verb mix up or confuse; `He muddled the issues`
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8. addle
   verb become rotten; `addled eggs`
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9. Addle
   • (n.) Liquid filth; mire. • (n.) Lees; dregs. • (a.) Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. • (v. t. & i.) To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. • (v. t. & i.) ...
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