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lain before

lain before is the past participle of lie before.

Meaning of lie before

Verb

lie before (third-person singular simple present lies before, present participle lying before, simple past lay before, past participle lain before)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to put oneself at the whim of, to bow down to
    • I lie before you today begging for help.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) (especially of something honorific) to be situated in front of

Questions about lain before

What is lain before the past participle of?
Lain before is the past participle of lie before.

Words near lain before in the dictionary

  1. lain around
  2. lain at someone's door
  3. lain at someone's heart
  4. lain back
  5. lain back and thought of England
  6. lain before
  7. lain behind
  8. lain by
  9. lain doggo
  10. lain down
  11. lain down on the job

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lain before (page history and authors); lie before (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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