entsetzen.
to shock, horrify, appall
Meaning & usage
to shock, horrify, appall
to relieve (a town or fortress from a siege)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German entsezzen, from Old High German intsezzen. Equivalent to ent- + setzen, literally “to put out (of a state, condition)”, whence the two senses of to horrify (i.e. put out of tranquility) and to relieve (i.e. put out of a siege). Compare Dutch ontzetten.
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