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guesten

guesten verb: to entertain as a guest; to lodge as a guest.

Verb

guesten (third-person singular simple present guestens, present participle guestening, simple past and past participle guestened)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive) To entertain as a guest; to lodge as a guest.
    • Here have I come this length, trusting the godly Earl of Murray would be on his march to the Borders, for he was to have guestened with the Baron of Avenel; and instead of that comes news that he has gone westlandways about some tuilzie in Ayrshire.1830, Walter Scott, Waverley Novels: The Monastery, volume 19, page 285
    • This stone has the But as there is no longer a chamber to “guesten" peculiar interest of having furnished the key by within, the adventure is nought, and the prophecy which the succession of stations became identified fulfilled.1861, Once a Week, page 111

Examples of guesten in a sentence

  • But Toppet Hob o' the Main had guestened in my house by chance.1882, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 131, page 490:
  • If hospitality be reckoned among the fine arts and moral virtues, to "guesten" aright is a saving social grace.1924, Virginia Terhune Van de Water, Present Day Etiquette: Including Social Forms, page 151:
  • Hence came it that the ports of Rome were opened (At our behests) to give you guestening.2013, Barnabe Barnes, The Devil's Charter, page 36:

Forms of guesten

third-person singular presentguestens
present participleguestening
past participleguestened
pastguestened

Origin of guesten

From guest + -en.

Words formed from guesten

Questions about guesten

What does guesten mean?
Guesten means to entertain as a guest; to lodge as a guest.
How do you use guesten in a sentence?
But Toppet Hob o' the Main had guestened in my house by chance.
What part of speech is guesten?
Guesten is a verb.
What is the past tense of guesten?
The past tense of guesten is guestened.

Words near guesten in the dictionary

  1. guestbook
  2. guestbooks
  3. guestchamber
  4. guestchambers
  5. guested
  6. guesten
  7. guestened
  8. guestening
  9. guestens
  10. guestfree
  11. guestfriendliness

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