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noun the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes
verb come into dock
verb deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
originEtymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English docking From dock + -ing.
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