"macchen" meaning in Middle English

See macchen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmat͡ʃən/, /ˈmɛt͡ʃən/
Etymology: From macche + -en (infinitival ending). Etymology templates: {{af|enm|macche|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival ending}} macche + -en (infinitival ending) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} macchen, {{enm-verb|stem=macch}} macchen (third-person singular simple present maccheth, present participle macchende, macchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle macched) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|macch}} Forms: maccheth [present, singular, third-person], macchende [participle, present], macchynge [participle, present], macched [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], macchen [infinitive], to macchen [infinitive], macche [infinitive], macche [first-person, present, singular], macched [first-person, past, singular], macchest [present, second-person, singular], macchedest [past, second-person, singular], maccheth [present, singular, third-person], macched [past, singular, third-person], macche [present, singular, subjunctive], macched [past, singular, subjunctive], macche [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], macchen [plural, present], macche [plural, present], maccheden [past, plural], macchede [past, plural], maccheth [imperative, plural, present], macche [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], macchynge [participle, present], macchende [participle, present], macched [participle, past], ymacched [participle, past], macche [alternative], mach [alternative], machen [alternative], mech [alternative]
  1. To marry; to enter into a marriage.
    Sense id: en-macchen-enm-verb-jIN2jfe4 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Violence Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 42 26 18 14 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 39 23 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 20 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 17 14 14 Disambiguation of Violence: 29 26 23 23
  2. To match (be equivalent to)
    Sense id: en-macchen-enm-verb-~oLYD63m Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 29 26 23 23
  3. To fight or contend in battle.
    Sense id: en-macchen-enm-verb--x3nS1mG Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 29 26 23 23
  4. (rare) To group or pair. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-macchen-enm-verb-Oy4w2per Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 29 26 23 23

Alternative forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "match"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "macche",
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        "pos2": "infinitival ending"
      },
      "expansion": "macche + -en (infinitival ending)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From macche + -en (infinitival ending).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maccheth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macched",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to macchen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maccheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maccheden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maccheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymacched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mech",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "macchen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "macch"
      },
      "expansion": "macchen (third-person singular simple present maccheth, present participle macchende, macchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle macched)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "macch"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 26 18 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 23 19 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 20 18 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 17 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 26 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To marry; to enter into a marriage."
      ],
      "id": "en-macchen-enm-verb-jIN2jfe4",
      "links": [
        [
          "marry",
          "marry"
        ],
        [
          "marriage",
          "marriage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 26 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To match (be equivalent to)"
      ],
      "id": "en-macchen-enm-verb-~oLYD63m",
      "links": [
        [
          "match",
          "match"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 26 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fight or contend in battle."
      ],
      "id": "en-macchen-enm-verb--x3nS1mG",
      "links": [
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ],
        [
          "contend",
          "contend"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 26 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To group or pair."
      ],
      "id": "en-macchen-enm-verb-Oy4w2per",
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "pair",
          "pair"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To group or pair."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmat͡ʃən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛt͡ʃən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macchen"
}

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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Violence"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "match"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "macche + -en (infinitival ending)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From macche + -en (infinitival ending).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maccheth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macched",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to macchen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maccheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maccheden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maccheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macchende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ymacched",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macche",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mech",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "macchen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "macch"
      },
      "expansion": "macchen (third-person singular simple present maccheth, present participle macchende, macchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle macched)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "macch"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To marry; to enter into a marriage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marry",
          "marry"
        ],
        [
          "marriage",
          "marriage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To match (be equivalent to)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "match",
          "match"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To fight or contend in battle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ],
        [
          "contend",
          "contend"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To group or pair."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "pair",
          "pair"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To group or pair."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmat͡ʃən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛt͡ʃən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macchen"
}

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