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"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "whet",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ywhetted",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ywhet",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "whetten",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"stem": "whett"
},
"expansion": "whetten (third-person singular simple present whetteth, present participle whettende, whettynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle whetted)",
"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "whett",
"c2": "te"
},
"name": "enm-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To sharpen; to make sharp, especially with a whetstone."
],
"links": [
[
"sharpen",
"sharpen"
],
[
"sharp",
"sharp"
],
[
"whetstone",
"whetstone"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To sharpen one's claws or tusks; to prepare for attack."
],
"links": [
[
"sharpen",
"sharpen"
],
[
"claw",
"claw"
],
[
"tusk",
"tusk"
],
[
"attack",
"attack"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To motivate; to encourage or cause eagerness."
],
"links": [
[
"motivate",
"motivate"
],
[
"encourage",
"encourage"
],
[
"eagerness",
"eagerness"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To stimulate or increase endurance."
],
"links": [
[
"stimulate",
"stimulate"
],
[
"endurance",
"endurance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To stimulate or increase endurance."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To growl or groan; to make hostile noises."
],
"links": [
[
"growl",
"growl"
],
[
"groan",
"groan"
],
[
"hostile",
"hostile"
],
[
"noises",
"noises"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To growl or groan; to make hostile noises."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To grind against something."
],
"links": [
[
"grind",
"grind"
],
[
"against",
"against"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare, of the teeth or feet) To grind against something."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of the teeth or feet"
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhwɛtən/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "qwete"
},
{
"word": "whett"
},
{
"word": "whette"
},
{
"word": "whettyn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
],
"word": "whætte"
}
],
"word": "whetten"
}
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