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nighens

nighens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nighen.

Meaning of nighen

Verb

nighen (third-person singular simple present nighens, present participle nighening, simple past and past participle nighened)

  1. (intransitive) To come near; approach.
    • [...] with so horrible countenance, that no man dare not nighen towards him.1807, George Burnett, Specimens of English prose-writers
  2. (transitive) To bring near; appropriate.
    • If you take an apple from the table you (1) reach forth the hand to it, (2) you close your fingers on it, (3) you nighen or bring back your hand with it.1886, William Barnes, A glossary of the Dorset dialect

Questions about nighens

What is nighens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Nighens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nighen.

Words near nighens in the dictionary

  1. nighabouts
  2. nighantu
  3. nighantus
  4. nighed
  5. nighen
  6. nighens
  7. nigher
  8. nighered
  9. nighering
  10. nighers
  11. nighest

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