"meeten" meaning in English

See meeten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: meetens [present, singular, third-person], meetening [participle, present], meetened [participle, past], meetened [past]
Etymology: From meet (“fit, suitable”) + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|meet|en|id2=inchoative|t1=fit, suitable}} meet (“fit, suitable”) + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} meeten (third-person singular simple present meetens, present participle meetening, simple past and past participle meetened)
  1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To make or become suitable. Tags: archaic, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-meeten-en-verb-ApQ~sHUn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)

Inflected forms

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