"mense" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: menses [plural]
Etymology: From earlier mensk, from Middle English menske (“courtesy, honour”), from Old English mennisċu (“the human condition, humanity”) and/or Old Norse menska (“humanity”). More at mennish, mensch. Etymology templates: {{m|en|mensk}} mensk, {{der|en|enm|menske||courtesy, honour}} Middle English menske (“courtesy, honour”), {{cog|ang|mennisċu|t=the human condition, humanity}} Old English mennisċu (“the human condition, humanity”), {{der|en|non|menska|t=humanity}} Old Norse menska (“humanity”), {{l|en|mennish}} mennish, {{l|en|mensch}} mensch Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mense (countable and uncountable, plural menses)
  1. Property, owndom; possessions. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mense-en-noun-pgk~6QRa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
  2. (UK, dialect) manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility Tags: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mense-en-noun-64qYcHGc Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: menseful, menseless

Verb

Forms: menses [present, singular, third-person], mensing [participle, present], mensed [participle, past], mensed [past]
Etymology: From earlier mensk, from Middle English menske (“courtesy, honour”), from Old English mennisċu (“the human condition, humanity”) and/or Old Norse menska (“humanity”). More at mennish, mensch. Etymology templates: {{m|en|mensk}} mensk, {{der|en|enm|menske||courtesy, honour}} Middle English menske (“courtesy, honour”), {{cog|ang|mennisċu|t=the human condition, humanity}} Old English mennisċu (“the human condition, humanity”), {{der|en|non|menska|t=humanity}} Old Norse menska (“humanity”), {{l|en|mennish}} mennish, {{l|en|mensch}} mensch Head templates: {{en-verb}} mense (third-person singular simple present menses, present participle mensing, simple past and past participle mensed)
  1. To adorn, bring honour to; grace.
    Sense id: en-mense-en-verb-axLENV-n

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mense meaning in English (3.9kB)

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