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| adjective
- active, functioning, operate, operating
- (cricket) in, or towards the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman; leg
adverb
- to an operate, operating state
- turn the television
- along, forwards (continuing an action)
- drive , rock
Etymology: Old English on, originally an. From Germanic - ana.Related forms: ld German ana (new German an), ld Dutch an, ane (aan), ld Frisian ana, Gothic ana, ld Norse/Icelandic/Faeroese í, Danish/Swedish/Norwegian pí. Possibly related to Greek á (upward).
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