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stanch¹

PRONUNCIATION:	stônch, stänch, stnch
VARIANT FORMS:	also staunch ( stônch, stänch)
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: stanched also staunched, stanch·ing, staunch·ing, stanch·es, staunch·es 1. To stop or check the flow of (blood or tears, for example). 2. To stop the flow of blood from (a wound). 3. To stop, check, or allay: “My anxiety is stanched; I am at peace” (Scott Turow). See Usage Note at staunch¹.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English stanchen, from Old French estanchier, from Vulgar Latin ^*stanticre, to stop, probably from Latin stns, stant-, present participle of stre, to stand. See st- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	stancher —NOUN


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