enden
Middle English
/ˈɛːndən/
verb
Definitions
- To come to an end, stop, or termination usually of a era or event
- To complete or accomplish; to reach completion:
- To cause a behaviour, consequence, or effect.
- To have a border, margin, or terminus.
- (religion) To rule or have ultimate power; to realise.
- (rare) To end, finish, or terminate usually of a era or event
- (rare) To be ended; to be finite or limited.
- (rare) To vanquish; to cause to die; to inflict fatal wounds.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English endian (make an end of, end, die, finish, destroy, come to an end, abolish, complete) affix from Middle English ende (duck, end).
Origin
Middle English
ende
Gloss
duck, end
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鴨
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- end English
- ender English
- ennet English
- antiae Latin
- ἀντίος Ancient Greek
- *h₂entíos Proto-Indo-European
- *andijaz Proto-Germanic
- *andijōną Proto-Germanic
- ende Old English
- endian Old English
- ened Old English
- geendian Old English
- ende Middle English
- ende-day Middle English
- endeles Middle English
- endely Middle English
- ender Middle English
- endes Middle English
- endyng Middle English
- fulenden Middle English
- taylende Middle English
- andej Albanian