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παραβάλλω

Pronunciation: /pa.ra.bál.lɔː/

“παραβάλλω” is an Ancient Greek word. Its 15 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to throw beside, by or to, to hold out
  2. to feed (an animal)
  3. to cast in one's teeth
  4. to expose (to danger)
  5. to risk, hazard, gamble with
  6. to lay beside, compare with
  7. to vie with one another
  8. to bring alongside
  9. to throw, turn, bend sideways
  10. to deposit with, entrust to
  11. to deceive, betray
  12. to come near, approach
  13. to go by sea, cross over
  14. to turn aside, pass over
  15. to suggest

Etymology

From παρα- (para-, “beside”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).

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