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- verb transitive, obsolete To
stop up ;block ;clog ;obstruct ; (one's breath) tostifle ; (a watercourse) todam up.
Etymologies
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From Middle English forstoppen, from Old English forstoppian ("to stop up, close"), equivalent to for- + stop. Cognate with Dutch verstoppen ("to clog, obstruct, conceal"), German verstopfen ("to block, clog, plug, stop up"), Swedish förstoppa ("to constipate").
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