"childen" meaning in Middle English

See childen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiːldən/
Etymology: From child + -en (infinitival suffix). First attested in c. 1175. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|child|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} child + -en (infinitival suffix), {{etydate|c|1175}} First attested in c. 1175 Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} childen, {{enm-verb|stem=child}} childen (third-person singular simple present childeth, present participle childende, childynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle childed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|child}} Forms: childeth [present, singular, third-person], childende [participle, present], childynge [participle, present], childed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], childen [infinitive], to childen [infinitive], childe [infinitive], childe [first-person, present, singular], childed [first-person, past, singular], childede [first-person, past, singular], childest [present, second-person, singular], childedest [past, second-person, singular], childeth [present, singular, third-person], childed [past, singular, third-person], childede [past, singular, third-person], childe [present, singular, subjunctive], childed [past, singular, subjunctive], childede [past, singular, subjunctive], childe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], childen [plural, present], childe [plural, present], childeden [past, plural], childed [past, plural], childede [past, plural], childeth [imperative, plural, present], childe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], childynge [participle, present], childende [participle, present], childed [participle, past], ychilded [participle, past], childe [alternative], chyld [alternative], chylden [alternative], childi [alternative, Kent], childenn [alternative, Ormulum]
  1. (ambitransitive) To give birth to a child; to beget or procreate. Tags: ambitransitive
    Sense id: en-childen-enm-verb-CcsztfqB Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Children Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Children: 95 5
  2. (transitive) To create; to become the progenitor of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-childen-enm-verb-J1~DB3X- Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "form": "childynge",
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      "form": "to childen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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      "form": "childest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "form": "childe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "childen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "childed",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "childede",
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      "form": "childed",
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    },
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      "form": "ychilded",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "childe",
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      ]
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      "form": "chyld",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chylden",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "childi",
      "tags": [
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        "Kent"
      ]
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      "form": "childenn",
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        "Ormulum"
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "(ambitransitive) To give birth to a child; to beget or procreate."
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
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        "To create; to become the progenitor of."
      ],
      "id": "en-childen-enm-verb-J1~DB3X-",
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        "(transitive) To create; to become the progenitor of."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃiːldən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "childen"
}
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      "form": "childeth",
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    {
      "form": "childende",
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    {
      "form": "childen",
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        "infinitive"
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    {
      "form": "to childen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "childe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "childed",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "childede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
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    {
      "form": "childest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "childeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "childed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childede",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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      "form": "childeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "childe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childed",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ychilded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chyld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chylden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childi",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "childenn",
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        "Ormulum"
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give birth to a child; to beget or procreate."
      ],
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        [
          "beget",
          "beget"
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        [
          "procreate",
          "procreate"
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        "(ambitransitive) To give birth to a child; to beget or procreate."
      ],
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        "ambitransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To create; to become the progenitor of."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To create; to become the progenitor of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃiːldən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "childen"
}

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