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parcen

Syllables: par·cenUK/ˈpɑːsɪn/US/ˈpɑɹsən/

parcen verb: to divide among parceners.

Verb

parcen (third-person singular simple present parcens, present participle parcening, simple past and past participle parcened)

  1. (rare) To divide among parceners

Forms of parcen

third-person singular presentparcens
present participleparcening
past participleparcened
pastparcened

Origin of parcen

Probably a back-formation from parcener, from Old French parçonier, from parçon (“part, portion, share, division”), from Latin partītiō, partītiōnem (“division”), from partīre, from pars.

Questions about parcen

What does parcen mean?
Parcen means to divide among parceners.
What part of speech is parcen?
Parcen is a verb.
How do you pronounce parcen?
Parcen is pronounced /ˈpɑːsɪn/ (UK).
What is the past tense of parcen?
The past tense of parcen is parcened.

Words near parcen in the dictionary

  1. parcelments
  2. parcels
  3. parcels out
  4. parcels up
  5. parcelwise
  6. parcen
  7. parcenaries
  8. parcenary
  9. parcened
  10. parcener
  11. parceners

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