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highen

highen verb: to make high; heighten.

Verb

highen (third-person singular simple present highens, present participle highening, simple past and past participle highened)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To make high; heighten.

Forms of highen

third-person singular presenthighens
present participlehighening
past participlehighened
pasthighened

Origin of highen

From Middle English heyghnen, heynen, equivalent to high + -en.

Questions about highen

What does highen mean?
Highen means to make high; heighten.
What part of speech is highen?
Highen is a verb.
What is the past tense of highen?
The past tense of highen is highened.

Words near highen in the dictionary

  1. highday
  2. highdays
  3. highdea
  4. highdeas
  5. highed
  6. highen
  7. highend
  8. highens
  9. higher
  10. higher and mightier
  11. higher arithmetic

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