entsetzen

ent- +‎ setzen, thus etymologically “to bring somebody out (of a state, a condition)”, and hence the two senses of to horrify (i.e. to bring out of tranquility) and to relieve (i.e. to bring out of a siege). Both senses are old and are already found in Old High German intsezzen. Compare Dutch ontzetten.

• IPA^(key): /ɛntˈzɛtsən/, [ɛndˈzɛtsən], [ɛndˈzɛtsn̩] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈtsɛtsən/ (also common; by assimilation)

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• Hyphenation: ent‧set‧zen

entsetzen (third-person singular simple present entsetzt, past tense entsetzte, past participle entsetzt, auxiliary haben)

1. to shock, to horrify, to appall
2. (military, dated) to relieve (a town or fortress from a siege)

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From ent- +‎ setzen, after German entsetzen.

• IPA^(key): /æntˈzætsen/, [ænˈd͡zæt͡sən]

entsetzen (third-person singular present entsetzt, past participle entsat, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to horrify, to appall
2. (reflexive) to be horrified, to be appalled

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