Definitions
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- verb transitive, obsolete To
bereave ordeprive one of hisland orterritory ;confiscate .
Etymologies
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From Middle English belanden, belenden, from Old English belandian, belendan ("to deprive of lands"), equivalent to be- + land.
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Examples
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Die blote feit dat ek in besit is en aangehaal het uit Rubin se publikasie sou onder Apartheid beteken het dat ek self in die tronk sou beland het.
SPEECH BY ANNELIZ� VAN WYK DURING THE STATE OF THE NATION DEBATE 2004
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Mike Scott is the Waterboys, Karl Wallinger World Party en onbetwist beland je met Mark E. Smith bij The Fall.
The Fall 1999
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