clothen
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English clāþian, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-; equivalent to cloth + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɔːðən/, /ˈklɔːðiən/
Verb
clothen
- To use clothing:
- (transitive, intransitive) To clothe; to put clothing on.
- (reflexive) To wear; to put clothing on oneself.
- (transitive, reflexive) To furnish with clothing or garments.
- To hide or make undiscoverable:
- (transitive) To enclose; to surround as to hide.
- (transitive) To secrete or make hidden; to stash away.
- (transitive, intransitive) To give bodily or physical form; to surround with physical substances.
- (transitive) To cause to change appearance for the purpose of hiding; to force metamorphosis.
- (reflexive) To gain a trait; to immerse in an abstract quantity.
- (transitive, intransitive) To decorate or ornament.
- (rare, intransitive) To be furnished with clothing.
- (rare, transitive) To use or utilise.
Conjugation
Conjugation of clothen
infinitive | (to) clothen | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | clothe | clad, clothed |
2nd person singular | clothest | clad, clothed, clothidist |
3rd person singular | clotheþ, clotheth | clad, clothed |
plural | clothen | cladden, cloþeden |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | clothe | clad, clothed |
plural | clothen | cladden, cloþeden |
imperative | present | |
singular | clothe | |
plural | clotheþ, clotheth | |
participle | present | past |
clothende, clothinge | (y)clad, (y)clothed |
Descendants
References
- “clōthen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-25.
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