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open not shut, confined, or covered (with many fig. uses). OE. open = OS. opan (Du. open), OHG. offan (G. offen), ON. opinn :- Gmc. *upanaz, having the form of a strong pp. (see -EN6) f. UP, as if meaning ‘put or set up’.
Hence open vb. OE. openian = OS. opanon (Du. openen), OHG. offanōn (G. öffnen).

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