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lien
/liːn/
noun 3verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
splenic
VERB + LIEN
bank, call, pertaining, placed
LIEN + NOUN
figs, space, spleen, thy, tom's, wife
PREP.
in, in, on, with
ADV.
lightly
Definitions
noun
1
A tendon.
2
A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
[…] every youth movement presents itself as loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are canceled.
Bodin deemed the king of France's power as absolute in the sense that the ruler was ‘absolved’ by divine sanction from legally binding liens and restrictions.
verb
1
Alternative form of lain.
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done vnto vs? one of the people might lightly haue lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest haue brought guiltinesse vpon vs.”
And the Priest shall charge her by an othe, and say vnto the woman, If no man haue lyen with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to vncleannesse with another in stead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse.
noun
1
The spleen.
Li'enal. Pertaining to the lien or spleen; splenic.
The lien or spleen (figs. 282 to 285) is a soft, highly vascular contractile and very elastic organ of a dark purplish colour. It is placed obliquely behind the stomach, …
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Synonyms
noun — a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body bet
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[…] every youth movement presents itself as loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are canceled.
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Bodin deemed the king of France's power as absolute in the sense that the ruler was ‘absolved’ by divine sanction from legally binding liens and restrictions.
Wiktionary03
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done vnto vs? one of the people might lightly haue lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest haue brought guiltinesse vpon vs.”
Wiktionary04
And the Priest shall charge her by an othe, and say vnto the woman, If no man haue lyen with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to vncleannesse with another in stead of thy husband, be thou free fr
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Li'enal. Pertaining to the lien or spleen; splenic.
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The lien or spleen (figs. 282 to 285) is a soft, highly vascular contractile and very elastic organ of a dark purplish colour. It is placed obliquely behind the stomach, …
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