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hewen

hewen is the past participle of hew.

Meaning of hew

Verb

hew (third-person singular simple present hews, present participle hewing, simple past hewed or (rare) hew, past participle hewn or hewed or (archaic) hewen)

  1. (ambitransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
    • Hew them to pieces, hack their bones asunder[…]1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (transitive) To shape; to form.
    • to hew out a sepulchre
  3. (US, transitive) To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
    • Few men measured up to his standard of righteousness; he hewed to the line.1905, Albert Osborn, John Fletcher Hurst: A Biography, Jennings & Graham, page 428

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What is hewen the past participle of?
Hewen is the past participle of hew.

Words near hewen in the dictionary

  1. hewedst
  2. Hewell
  3. Hewells
  4. Hewelsfield
  5. Hewelsfield and Brockweir
  6. hewen
  7. hewer
  8. hewers
  9. hewers of wood and drawers of water
  10. Hewertson
  11. Hewertsons

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