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lier.

to link

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/lje//li.e/

  1. to link

  2. to associate

  3. to thicken

    lier une sauce
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French lier, from Latin ligāre, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).

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