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stell.

To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/stɛl/
  1. To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.

    Scotland · UK · dialectal · transitive
  2. To portray; delineate; display.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/stɛl/
  1. A place; station.

    archaic
  2. A stall; a fold for cattle.

  3. A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or climbing.

    Scotland
  4. A still.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

Alteration of stall, after the verb to stell.

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