chafen
chafen verb: to make chafed.
Verb
chafen (third-person singular simple present chafens, present participle chafening, simple past and past participle chafened)
- To make chafed
- Faith, picturing to its view this cross, the Holy Spirit engraving it on the heart in spiritual regeneration, the whole soul receiving him whom it lifts up, as its "wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption," gently and effectually transforms the spirit, that was chafened and...1854, William Bacon Stevens, The Bow in the Cloud, page 152
- Tush, tush, it avails nought to chafen, or to chide, […]1874, William Carew Hazlitt, A Select Collection of Old English Plays, volume 3, page 39
Proper noun capitalized: Chafen
Chafen (plural Chafens)
- A surname.
Forms of chafen
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | chafens |
| present participle | chafening |
| past participle | chafened |
| past | chafened |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Chafens |
Origin of chafen
From chafe + -en.
Variant of Chaffin.
Questions about chafen
- What does chafen mean?
- Chafen means to make chafed.
- What part of speech is chafen?
- Chafen can be a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of chafen?
- The past tense of chafen is chafened.
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