meeten
meeten verb: to make or become suitable.
Verb
meeten (third-person singular simple present meetens, present participle meetening, simple past and past participle meetened)
- To make or become suitable.
- Let us accustom ourselves to contemplate the most eminent examples of this spirit, that, by daily imitating them, we may, through grace, be progressively "meetening" for the participation of their inheritance.1817, Francis Augustus Cox, Female Scripture biography
- … and were long proved by a series of various and often afflictive providences, in order to make known what was in their hearts, that they might be humbled ; and in other respects, meetened for the good which was prepared for them in their latter end, …1824, David Russell (of Dundee.), A familiar survey of the Old and New Covenants
Forms of meeten
| third-person singular present | meetens |
|---|---|
| present participle | meetening |
| past participle | meetened |
| past | meetened |
Origin of meeten
From meet (“fit, suitable”) + -en.
Questions about meeten
- What does meeten mean?
- Meeten means to make or become suitable.
- What part of speech is meeten?
- Meeten is a verb.
- What is the past tense of meeten?
- The past tense of meeten is meetened.
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