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ginger hot spicy root. XIII. ME. gingivere, repr. a conflation of OE. ġinġifer(e), ġinġiber (directly — medL.) with OF. gingi(m)bre (mod. gingembre) — medL. gingiber, zingeber, L. zingíber(i) — Gr. ziggiberis — Prakrit siṃgabera — Skr. śṛṇgavera-.
Hence vb. flavour with ginger; treat (a horse) with ginger, (hence gen.) spirit up. XIX.

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