asselfv.
/əˈsɛlf/ To take to oneself, appropriate, adopt.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate
ownOE
rimec1275
takec1300
appropre1366
to keep, take to or for one's own storec1385
to get awayc1480
proper1496
apprehenda1522
impropry1526
impropriate1567
carve1578
forestall1581
appropriate1583
propriate1587
pocket1597
impatronize1611
propertya1616
asself1632
appropriatea1634
swallow1637
to swallow up1654
sink1699
poucha1774
spheterize1779
sack1807
fob1818
to look back to1822
mop1861
annex1865
1632 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie (ed. 2) 9 Yet this is better, to asself the blame.
1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence iii. 59 If he cite the words, with Commendation..he asselfeth them.
1884 Secular Rev. 237 Just as the stomach and other chylopoietic viscera build up our bodies by asselfing aliment.
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