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    • ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004.
    • ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003.
    • ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976.
  2. Adjektiv
    • (obsolete) Rejected; cast aside.
    • Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position.
    • Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit.
    • Showing utter hopelessness, helplessness; showing resignation; wretched.
  3. Substantiv
    • A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast.
  4. Verb
    • (transitive, obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject.
    • (transitive, obsolete) To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
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