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wrixle.

To exchange.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To exchange.

    obsolete
  2. To alter, as one's mind or mental faculties; effect a change in.

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To exchange opinions; speak one's mind; share thoughts; communicate.

    obsolete
  4. To envelop, wrap; confuse; confound.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wrixlen, from Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”), from Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną, *wihslōną (“to change”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ- (“to change”). Cognate with Scots wissel (“to exchange, barter”), Dutch wisselen (“to exchange, barter, swap”), German wechseln (“to change, switch”), Icelandic víxl (“cross, interchange”), Latin vicis (“change, alteration, diversity, reciprocity”).

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