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chafens

chafens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chafen.

Meaning of chafen

Verb

chafen (third-person singular simple present chafens, present participle chafening, simple past and past participle chafened)

  1. (transitive) 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

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Proper noun capitalized: Chafens

Chafens

  1. (plural) plural of Chafen

Questions about chafens

What is chafens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chafens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chafen.
What part of speech is chafens?
Chafens is a proper noun.

Words near chafens in the dictionary

  1. chafed
  2. chafed at the bit
  3. chafen
  4. chafened
  5. chafening
  6. chafens
  7. chafer
  8. chaferies
  9. chafers
  10. chafery
  11. chafes

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