"lazen" meaning in English

See lazen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: lazens [present, singular, third-person], lazening [participle, present], lazened [participle, past], lazened [past]
Etymology: From laze + -en (verbal suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|laze|-en|id2=inchoative|pos2=verbal suffix}} laze + -en (verbal suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lazen (third-person singular simple present lazens, present participle lazening, simple past and past participle lazened)
  1. (rare, nonstandard, transitive, intransitive) To make or become lazed or lazy Tags: intransitive, nonstandard, rare, transitive Related terms: lazy

Inflected forms

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