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verlegen

Pronunciation: /fɛɐˈleːɡən/

“verlegen” is a German word. Its 12 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to misplace, to mislay
  2. to lay
  3. to reschedule, to postpone, to adjourn, to put off, to bring forward
  4. to transfer, to shift, to relocate
  5. to supply, to provide for; to expend, to disburse
  6. to publish
  7. to resort (to)
  8. to block, to obstruct
  9. to refute, to disprove

adjective

  1. abashed, embarrassed, confused, disconcerted, self-conscious
  2. lacking, short of
  3. creased (from having been lain on)

Etymology

From Middle High German verlegen (“to misplace, obstruct”), from Old High German firleggen (“to cover”). By surface analysis, ver- + legen.

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