stell
To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mountTo place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
Meaning
2 senses(Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
(obsolete, transitive)To portray; delineate; display.
Origin
From Middle English stellen, from Old English stellan (“to give a place to, set, place”),From Middle English stellen, from Old English stellan (“to give a place to, set, place”), from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan (“to put, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with Dutch stellen (“to set, put”), dated Low German stellen (“to put, place, fix”), German stellen (“to set, place, provide”), Old English steall (“position, place”). More at stall.
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Forms
stells, stelling, stelled, stelledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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