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bekenning

bekenning is the present participle and gerund of beken.

Meaning of beken

Verb

beken (third-person singular simple present bekens, present participle bekenning, simple past and past participle bekenned or bekent)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make known; reveal.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To deliver.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To commit or commend to the care of.
    • Now I bikenne þe criste quod she · and his clene moder.c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II
  4. (Scotland, transitive) To commit.
  5. (Scotland, transitive) To admit as possessor.
  6. (Scotland, transitive) To acquaint; instruct.

Questions about bekenning

What is bekenning the present participle and gerund of?
Bekenning is the present participle and gerund of beken.

Words near bekenning in the dictionary

  1. Bekasi
  2. Bekele
  3. Bekeles
  4. beken
  5. bekenned
  6. bekenning
  7. bekens
  8. Bekenstein
  9. Bekenstein bound
  10. Bekenstein bounds
  11. Bekensteins

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