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pote.

To push, thrust.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/pəʊt/Received-Pronunciation/poʊt/General-American
  1. To push, thrust.

    obsolete
  2. To poke (with a stick etc.).

Where this word comes from

From Middle English poten, from Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stab, push, poke”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to plant”), Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”). More at put.

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