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werven werkwoord | proselytize [proselytized, proselytizing, proselytizes](induce people to join a cause) tout [touted, touting, touts](To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote) |
aanwerven werkwoord | hire [hired, hiring, hires](to employ) |
doorzwerven werkwoord | peregrinate [peregrinated, peregrinating, peregrinates](to travel through a specific place) |
een bemanning werven werkwoord | crew(nautical: to recruit a crew) |
omzwerven werkwoord | compass [compassed, compassing, compasses](go about or round entirely) jaunt(to ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion) |
rondzwerven werkwoord | knock around(place) |
rondzwervend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | peripatetic(walking about; itinerant) |
stemmen werven werkwoord | canvass [canvassed, canvassing, canvasses](to seek the support of (voters or a constituency) in a forthcoming election or poll through personal solicitation or public addresses) |
verwerven werkwoord | achieve [achieved, achieving, achieves](to obtain, or gain as the result of exertion) acquire [acquired, acquiring, acquires](to get) procure [procured, procuring, procures](to acquire or obtain an item or service) purchase [purchased, purchasing, purchases](to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price, see also: buy) |
verwerven substantief {n} | digestion [digestions](assimilation and understanding of ideas) |
verwerven ; aanschaffen werkwoord | procure [procured, procuring, procures]verb |
zwerven werkwoord | roam [roamed, roaming, roams](wander freely) swerve [swerved, swerving, swerves](to wander from a line, rule or duty) wander [wandered, wandering, wanders](to move without purpose or destination) |
zwervend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | roving(wandering) |
zwervende fluiteend substantief {f} | wandering whistling duck(Dendrocygna arcuata) |