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hymned

hymned is the simple past and past participle of hymn.

Meaning of hymn

Verb

hymn (third-person singular simple present hymns, present participle hymning, simple past and past participle hymned)

  1. (ambitransitive) To sing a hymn.
    • An unknown cast, including Diane Keaton, hymned the Age of Aquarius, stripped off at the end of the first act and let the sunshine in at the end of the second.2009 January 21, Michael Coveney, “Tom O'Horgan”, in The Guardian
  2. (transitive) To praise or extol in hymns.
    • To hymn the birth-night of the Lord.1827, [John Keble], The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J....

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Adjective

hymned (not comparable)

  1. For whom a hymn is sung (typically at a funeral)

Words formed from hymned

Questions about hymned

What does hymned mean?
Hymned means for whom a hymn is sung (typically at a funeral).
What is hymned the simple past and past participle of?
Hymned is the simple past and past participle of hymn.
What part of speech is hymned?
Hymned is an adjective.

Words near hymned in the dictionary

  1. hymnboard
  2. hymnboards
  3. hymnbook
  4. hymnbooks
  5. hymne
  6. hymned
  7. hymner
  8. hymners
  9. hymnic
  10. hymnical
  11. hymnically

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