he fived to fight the men: he took on the men, five in number, in a fight
he thousands to reject objections: he rejects objections by the thousand
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Detail #217: Verbs from Numbers
Form verbs, with transitivity markers, from numbers, with the meaning 'take on a certain number'. Greater numbers of course go more approximate:
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