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atene

atene verb: to irritate; grill; vex; annoy.

Verb

atene (third-person singular simple present atenes, present participle atening, simple past and past participle atened)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To irritate; grill; vex; annoy.

Forms of atene

third-person singular presentatenes
present participleatening
past participleatened
pastatened

Origin of atene

From Middle English atenen, ateonen, from Old English *ātēonian, *ātȳnan, *ātīenan, from a- + tēonian (“to injure, irritate, slander”), and tȳnan, tīenan (“to irritate, vex, trouble, insult, revile”), equivalent to a- + teen.

Questions about atene

What does atene mean?
Atene means to irritate; grill; vex; annoy.
What part of speech is atene?
Atene is a verb.
What is the past tense of atene?
The past tense of atene is atened.

Words near atene in the dictionary

  1. Aten asteroid
  2. Aten asteroids
  3. Atencio
  4. atencioite
  5. Atencios
  6. atene
  7. Atenean
  8. Ateneans
  9. Ateneo
  10. atenes
  11. Atenism

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