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don and doff
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don — don1 /don/; Sp., It. /dawn/, n. 1. (cap.) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man s given name. 2. (in Spanish speaking countries) a lord or gentleman. 3. (cap.) an Italian title of address, esp. for a priest. 4. a person of great importance … Universalium
doff — mid 14c., contraction of do off, preserving the original sense of DO (Cf. do) as put. At the time of Johnson s Dictionary [1755] the word was obsolete, and rarely used except by rustics, but it was saved from extinction (along with don) by Sir… … Etymology dictionary
Don — Don, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Donned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Donning}.] [Do + on; opposed to doff. See {Do}, v. t., 7.] To put on; to dress in; to invest one s self with. [1913 Webster] Should I don this robe and trouble you. Shak. [1913 Webster] At night … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
doff — [14] Doff, don [14], and the now obsolete dout [16] and dup [16], contractions respectively of ‘do off, on, out, and up’, preserve the ancient meaning of do, ‘put, place’. They were standard Middle English forms, but gradually fell out of the… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
doff — [14] Doff, don [14], and the now obsolete dout [16] and dup [16], contractions respectively of ‘do off, on, out, and up’, preserve the ancient meaning of do, ‘put, place’. They were standard Middle English forms, but gradually fell out of the… … Word origins
dón — dón1 irreg v/t 1. absolute, to do, make, act, perform; cause (often + infinitive with passive sense, híe dydon rícu settan they caused kingdoms to be founded, i.e. they founded kingdoms, or by þæt); 2. to do, perform an action, make war; 2a. to… … Old to modern English dictionary
doff — verb (T) old fashioned to take off a piece of clothing, especially your hat: Everyone called him Sir and doffed their hats. opposite don 2 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
do — [OE] Not surprisingly, do is a verb of great antiquity. It goes back to the Indo European base *dhē (source also of English deed and doom), which signified ‘place, put’. This sense remains uppermost in descendants such as Sanskrit dhāand Greek… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
do — [OE] Not surprisingly, do is a verb of great antiquity. It goes back to the Indo European base *dhē (source also of English deed and doom), which signified ‘place, put’. This sense remains uppermost in descendants such as Sanskrit dhāand Greek… … Word origins
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