rense

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English

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Verb

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rense (third-person singular simple present renses, present participle rensing, simple past and past participle rensed)

  1. Obsolete form of rinse.
    • 1725, Willem Séwel, A Compendious Guide to the Low-Dutch Language, page 52:
      First, you must get up every morning at six a clock, and wash your hands and face, then rense your mouth, and rub your teeth, and then you must go into your chamber and pray []

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną, cognate with Swedish rensa, Old High German reinisōn (English rinse is borrowed from Old French rincer). Derived from the adjective *hrainiz (clean).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rɛnsə/, [ˈʁansə], [ˈʁɑnsə]

Verb

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rense (past tense rensede, past participle renset)

  1. to clean, cleanse, rinse, purify

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French rincer (rince).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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rense

  1. To rinse

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hreinsa.

Verb

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rense (imperative rens, present tense renser, passive renses, simple past and past participle rensa or renset, present tense rensende)

  1. to clean, cleanse
  2. to purify
    rense lufta / luften - clear the air (defuse a situation)

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