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halsening

halsening is the present participle and gerund of halsen.

Meaning of halsen

Verb

halsen (third-person singular simple present halsens, present participle halsening, simple past and past participle halsened)

  1. (transitive) To predict; promise.
  2. (intransitive) To promise; bode; bid (fair or ill).

Adjective

halsening

  1. (obsolete) Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough.
    • a foolish conceit of this halsening might the sooner help it onwards1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC

Origin of halsening

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about halsening

What does halsening mean?
Halsening means sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough.
What is halsening the present participle and gerund of?
Halsening is the present participle and gerund of halsen.
What part of speech is halsening?
Halsening is an adjective.

Words near halsening in the dictionary

  1. Halsells
  2. Halseman
  3. halsen
  4. halsened
  5. halsenies
  6. halsening
  7. halseny
  8. halser
  9. halsers
  10. halses
  11. Halsey

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