käsitellä
Pronunciation: /ˈkæsitelːæˣ/
“käsitellä” is a Finnish word. Its 9 meanings in English:
verb
- to handle, manipulate (touch; to feel or hold with the hands)
- to handle, deal with, process (a matter)
- to treat (a person)
- to process (an application; an industrial product; information), to treat (an industrial product)
- to discuss, converse on, talk about/over
- to try, hear (a legal case)
- to debate on, discuss (a law proposal)
- to cover, address (provide coverage of a subject or matter)
- to process, work through (mentally)
Etymology
käsittää (“to handle”) + -ellä (frequentative verb). Originally simply “to handle, touch with one's hands; to hold in one's hands; to fumble, to grope”. The modern figurative senses first developed in the 19th century, with such uses (initially “to discuss, handle (a matter)”) first attested in 1836 (perhaps first used by author and translator Otto Tandefelt); however, they took until later in…
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