verb
Meaning 1
To exchange.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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wrixle
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verb
Meaning 2
To alter, as one's mind or mental faculties; effect a change in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To exchange opinions; speak one's mind; share thoughts; communicate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 4
To envelop, wrap; confuse; confound.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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History
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”).