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limpen

limpen verb: to make or become limp. Also the pronunciation spelling of limping.

Verb

limpen (third-person singular simple present limpens, present participle limpening, simple past and past participle limpened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become limp.
    • Most men are limpened with doubts and uncertainties.2008, David Deida, The Way of the Superior Man
    • The fusion fires ebbing in the magnetic pinchtorus was a languid decay, a sorrowful limpening. Flaccid.
      2010 "Ares Express" by Ian McDonald

Also used as

limpen is also the pronunciation spelling of limping.

Forms of limpen

third-person singular presentlimpens
present participlelimpening
past participlelimpened
pastlimpened

Origin of limpen

From limp + -en.

Variant of limping.

Words formed from limpen

Questions about limpen

What does limpen mean?
Limpen means to make or become limp.
What part of speech is limpen?
Limpen is a verb.
What is the past tense of limpen?
The past tense of limpen is limpened.

Words near limpen in the dictionary

  1. limpdick
  2. limpdicks
  3. limped
  4. limped in
  5. limpeh
  6. limpen
  7. limpened
  8. Limpenhoe
  9. limpening
  10. limpens
  11. limper

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