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parten

parten verb: to involve; impart, give out, bestow; share.

Verb

parten (third-person singular simple present partens, present participle partening, simple past and past participle partened)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To involve; impart, give out, bestow; share.

Proper noun capitalized: Parten

Parten (plural Partens)

  1. A surname.

Forms of parten

Verb
third-person singular presentpartens
present participlepartening
past participlepartened
pastpartened
Proper noun
pluralPartens

Origin of parten

Uncertain. Perhaps from part + -en. Alternatively, perhaps a back-formation from partner.

Questions about parten

What does parten mean?
Parten means to involve; impart, give out, bestow; share.
What part of speech is parten?
Parten can be a verb or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of parten?
The past tense of parten is partened.

Words near parten in the dictionary

  1. parted ways
  2. parted with
  3. partedness
  4. Partee
  5. Partees
  6. parten
  7. partened
  8. partening
  9. Partenkirchen
  10. partens
  11. parter

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