попоустити

Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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по- (po-) + поустити (pustiti)

Verb

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попоустити (popustitipf

  1. let go
  2. allow
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1329-1334:
      си же пишемъ не попоущаѭще ни велѧще оупивати сѧ чловѣкомъ ни объꙗдати сѧ
      si že pišemŭ ne popuštajǫšte ni velęšte upivati sę člověkomŭ ni obŭjadati sę
      What we have written here is not to desire or permit anyone to get drunk or to eat to excess

Conjugation

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