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Wrixle

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To exchange. obsolete
  2. 2
    To alter, as one's mind or mental faculties; effect a change in. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    To exchange opinions; speak one's mind; share thoughts; communicate. obsolete
  4. 4
    To envelop, wrap; confuse; confound. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

From Middle English wrixlen, from Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”), from Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną, *wihslōną (“to change”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ- (“to change”). Cognate with Scots wissel (“to exchange, barter”), Dutch wisselen (“to exchange, barter, swap”), German wechseln (“to change, switch”), Icelandic víxl (“cross, interchange”), Latin vicis (“change, alteration, diversity, reciprocity”).

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