verb
Meaning 1
To unlock; to open.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To unlock; to open.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Italic *serō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-eh2 Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin sera Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin reserō, reserātusbor. English reserate Borrowed from Latin reserō, reserātus (“I unlock, open”).