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stip

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English

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Etymology

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Shortening.

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Verb

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stip (third-person singular simple present stips, present participle stipping, simple past and past participle stipped)

  1. (informal) To stipulate.
    The attorneys agreed to stip to a stay of proceedings.

Noun

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stip (plural stips)

  1. (informal) A stipulation.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch stype, from Proto-Germanic *stīfa, from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (stiff, erect), see also Latin stīpō, Latin stipulor, English stiff.[1] Related to Proto-Germanic *stīfaz, the source of stijf (stiff, rigid).

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Noun

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stip f or m (plural stippen, diminutive stipje n)

  1. dot
    Het symbool voor de Zon is een cirkel met een stip in het midden:
    The symbol for the Sun is a circle with a dot in the middle:
  2. ICH: a disease that affects (aquarium) fish Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stips”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 588-589

West Frisian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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stip c (plural stippen, diminutive stipke)

  1. dot

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Further reading

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  • stip (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011