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transitive verb, intransitive verb nam or nimmed, nomen or nome , nimming

Archaic to steal or pilfer

Origin: ME nimen < OE niman: see -nomy

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tr. & intr.v. nimmed nimmed, nim·ming, nims
Archaic

To steal; pilfer.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English nimen, to take

Origin: , from Old English niman; see nem- in Indo-European roots

noun

A game in which players in turn remove small objects from a collection, such as matchsticks arranged in rows, and attempt to take, or avoid taking, the last one.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from German nimm

Origin: , second person sing. imperative of nehmen, to take

Origin: , from Middle High German nemen

Origin: , from Old High German neman; see nem- in Indo-European roots

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