"clouten" meaning in Middle English

See clouten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkluːtən/
Etymology: A denominal formation from clout. Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} clouten Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|clout}} Forms: weak [table-tags], clouten [infinitive], to clouten [infinitive], cloute [infinitive], cloute [first-person, present, singular], clouted [first-person, past, singular], cloutede [first-person, past, singular], cloutest [present, second-person, singular], cloutedest [past, second-person, singular], clouteth [present, singular, third-person], clouted [past, singular, third-person], cloutede [past, singular, third-person], cloute [present, singular, subjunctive], clouted [past, singular, subjunctive], cloutede [past, singular, subjunctive], cloute [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], clouten [plural, present], cloute [plural, present], clouteden [past, plural], clouted [past, plural], cloutede [past, plural], clouteth [imperative, plural, present], cloute [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], cloutynge [participle, present], cloutende [participle, present], clouted [participle, past], yclouted [participle, past], cloute [alternative], clout [alternative], clowten [alternative], clowte [alternative]
  1. To patch (repair fabric)
    Sense id: en-clouten-enm-verb-l80YQtx0
  2. To amend, alter (erroneously)
    Sense id: en-clouten-enm-verb-nQfG5JtR
  3. To patch together; to make of parts.
    Sense id: en-clouten-enm-verb-Gf9mgzzY Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Violence Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 9 62 6 7 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 5 78 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 81 3 4 4 Disambiguation of Violence: 14 16 27 12 14 16
  4. To strike or hit.
    Sense id: en-clouten-enm-verb-1DHaYljY
  5. (rare) To treat or ameliorate an illness or injury. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-clouten-enm-verb-40c2GUcJ
  6. (rare) To wear rags. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-clouten-enm-verb-JtfTfBpb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Clothing Disambiguation of Clothing: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "clouten",
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    },
    {
      "form": "to clouten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "cloute",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cloute",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "clouted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloutede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cloutest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloutedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouteth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cloute",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloutede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloute",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouten",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloute",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "clouteden",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloutede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouteth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloute",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloutynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloutende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yclouted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloute",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clout",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowten",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowte",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "clout"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To patch (repair fabric)"
      ],
      "id": "en-clouten-enm-verb-l80YQtx0",
      "links": [
        [
          "patch",
          "patch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To amend, alter (erroneously)"
      ],
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        [
          "amend",
          "amend"
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        [
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          "alter"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 5 78 4 4 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 81 3 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 16 27 12 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To patch together; to make of parts."
      ],
      "id": "en-clouten-enm-verb-Gf9mgzzY",
      "links": [
        [
          "patch",
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      "glosses": [
        "To strike or hit."
      ],
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          "strike",
          "strike"
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        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To treat or ameliorate an illness or injury."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "ameliorate",
          "ameliorate"
        ],
        [
          "illness",
          "illness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To treat or ameliorate an illness or injury."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To wear rags."
      ],
      "id": "en-clouten-enm-verb-JtfTfBpb",
      "links": [
        [
          "rags",
          "rags"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To wear rags."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkluːtən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clouten"
}

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    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "enm:Violence"
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      "word": "clout"
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      "word": "clout"
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    {
      "form": "to clouten",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "cloute",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "cloutede",
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cloutest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloutedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "clouteth",
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    {
      "form": "cloutede",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "cloute",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloutede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloute",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cloute",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "clouteden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloutede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouteth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloute",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloutynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloutende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yclouted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloute",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clout",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowten",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clowte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To patch (repair fabric)"
      ],
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          "patch",
          "patch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To amend, alter (erroneously)"
      ],
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          "amend",
          "amend"
        ],
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          "alter",
          "alter"
        ]
      ]
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        "To patch together; to make of parts."
      ],
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          "patch",
          "patch"
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        "To strike or hit."
      ],
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          "strike",
          "strike"
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          "hit",
          "hit"
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To treat or ameliorate an illness or injury."
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          "ameliorate",
          "ameliorate"
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          "illness",
          "illness"
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        "(rare) To treat or ameliorate an illness or injury."
      ],
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        "rare"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wear rags."
      ],
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          "rags"
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        "(rare) To wear rags."
      ],
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkluːtən/"
    }
  ],
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}

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