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mappen

mappen adverb: it may happen that; maybe, perhaps.

Adverb

mappen (not comparable)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) It may happen that; maybe, perhaps.
    • Dunnet gowl, Aggy. Mappen I'll be maister man mysel' soon.1887, Hall Caine, chapter VII, in A Son of Hagar: A Romance of Our Time […], volume I, London: Chatto and Windus, […], →OCLC, 1st book (Retro Me, Sathana), page 128

Origin of mappen

Blend of may + happen.

Questions about mappen

What does mappen mean?
Mappen means it may happen that; maybe, perhaps.
What part of speech is mappen?
Mappen is an adverb.

Words near mappen in the dictionary

  1. mapped out
  2. mappemond
  3. mappemonde
  4. mappemondes
  5. mappemonds
  6. mappen
  7. mapper
  8. Mapperley
  9. mappers
  10. mappery
  11. Mappila

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