tillägna

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

till +‎ ägna

Verb[edit]

tillägna (present tillägnar, preterite tillägnade, supine tillägnat, imperative tillägna)

  1. to dedicate (e.g. at the beginning of a book)
    Synonym: dedicera
    Denna bok tillägnas min hustru
    This book is dedicated to my wife
  2. (reflexive) to acquire (knowledge, skills, ideas, or the like), to assimilate
    tillägna sig kunskaper/färdigheter
    acquire knowledge/skills
  3. (reflexive) to acquire (learn)
    De studerade hur barn tillägnar sig språk
    They studied how children acquire language
  4. (reflexive, especially law) to acquire (something more concrete), (often) to appropriate
    tillägna sig någons bil under pistolhot
    appropriate (take) someone's car at gunpoint

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