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Etymology
According to the Trésor de la Langue Française, borrowed from, from classical.

The Vocabolario Etimologico of Pianigiani gives, formed with the supine of  or. At the same time, Pianigiani adds an alternative etymology, though not fully explained, involving a relationship to 🇨🇬 (past participle ), itself derived from 🇨🇬.

Compare 🇨🇬 and ; 🇨🇬; and 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to separate, move apart
 * 2) to spread, open (fingers, legs etc)
 * 3) to draw (curtains)
 * 4) to dismiss, rule out, turn down
 * 5) to remove a person from a job or position
 * 6)  to lose
 * 7)  to withdraw, diverge, deviate
 * 8)  to stray
 * 1)  to stray