tillägna

till +‎ ägna

tillägna (present tillägnar, preterite tillägnade, supine tillägnat, imperative tillägna)

1. to dedicate (e.g. at the beginning of a book)

   Synonym: dedicera

   Denna bok tillägnas min hustru

   This book is dedicated to my wife

2. (reflexive) to acquire (knowledge, skills, ideas, or the like), to assimilate

   tillägna sig kunskaper/färdigheter

   acquire knowledge/skills

3. (reflexive) to acquire (learn)

   De studerade hur barn tillägnar sig språk

   They studied how children acquire language

4. (reflexive, especially law) to acquire (something more concrete), (often) to appropriate

   tillägna sig någons bil under pistolhot

   appropriate (take) someone's car at gunpoint

• tillägnan

• tillägna in Svensk ordbok.