"peynten" meaning in Middle English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈpæi̯ntən/
Etymology: PIE root *peyḱ- Borrowed from Old French peint m, peinte f, past participle of peindre (from Latin pingō), and Old French peintier, a formation from that past participle. First attested in c. 1275. Etymology templates: {{root|enm|ine-pro|*peyḱ-|id=mark}}, {{PIE root box|enm|peyḱ-|id=mark}} PIE root *peyḱ-, {{bor+|enm|fro|peint|g=m}} Borrowed from Old French peint m, {{der|enm|la|pingō}} Latin pingō, {{m+|fro|peintier}} Old French peintier, {{etydate|c|1275}} First attested in c. 1275 Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} peynten, {{enm-verb|stem=peynt}} peynten (third-person singular simple present peynteth, present participle peyntende, peyntynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle peynted) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|peynt|c2=sl}} Forms: peynteth [present, singular, third-person], peyntende [participle, present], peyntynge [participle, present], peynted [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], peynten [infinitive], to peynten [infinitive], peynte [infinitive], peynte [first-person, present, singular], peynted [first-person, past, singular], peyntede [first-person, past, singular], peynte [first-person, past, singular], peyntest [present, second-person, singular], peyntedest [past, second-person, singular], peyntest [past, second-person, singular], peynteth [present, singular, third-person], peynted [past, singular, third-person], peyntede [past, singular, third-person], peynte [past, singular, third-person], peynte [present, singular, subjunctive], peynted [past, singular, subjunctive], peyntede [past, singular, subjunctive], peynte [past, singular, subjunctive], peynte [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], peynten [plural, present], peynte [plural, present], peynteden [past, plural], peynted [past, plural], peyntede [past, plural], peynten [past, plural], peynte [past, plural], peynteth [imperative, plural, present], peynte [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], peyntynge [participle, present], peyntende [participle, present], peynted [participle, past], peynt [participle, past], ypeynted [participle, past], ypeynt [participle, past], paynte [alternative], peinte [alternative], peynte [alternative], poynte [alternative], paint [alternative, Late-Middle-English], paynt [alternative, Late-Middle-English], peynt [alternative, Late-Middle-English]
  1. (ambitransitive) To draw or paint (depict in visual art):
    (passive voice) To decorate or adorn with drawing or painting.
    Tags: ambitransitive
    Sense id: en-peynten-enm-verb-gey1WInp Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Art, Painting, Talking Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 9 12 8 7 6 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 36 5 7 4 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 4 15 3 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Art: 40 40 0 11 5 0 5 0 Disambiguation of Painting: 47 12 10 10 5 5 5 5 Disambiguation of Talking: 14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13
  2. (ambitransitive) To draw or paint (depict in visual art):
    (figurative) To imprint or fix emotionally.
    Tags: ambitransitive, figuratively
    Sense id: en-peynten-enm-verb--rOuQtr0 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Art, Talking Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 9 12 8 7 6 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 36 5 7 4 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 4 15 3 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Art: 40 40 0 11 5 0 5 0 Disambiguation of Talking: 14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13
  3. (transitive) To cover with colouring or paint; to stain:
    (chiefly transitive) To apply cosmetics/makeup.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-peynten-enm-verb-~DDSbYPs Categories (other): Talking Disambiguation of Talking: 14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13
  4. (transitive) To cover with colouring or paint; to stain:
    (figurative, rare) To mar or stain (the heart)
    Tags: figuratively, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-peynten-enm-verb-fERzdabr Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Art, Talking Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 9 12 8 7 6 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 4 15 3 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Art: 40 40 0 11 5 0 5 0 Disambiguation of Talking: 14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13
  5. (transitive) To describe or depict verbally:
    To embellish or exaggerate; to give a misrepresentation.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-peynten-enm-verb-JzVJ12dU Categories (other): Talking Disambiguation of Talking: 14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13
  6. (transitive) To describe or depict verbally:
    (intransitive) To deceive or dissemble.
    Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-peynten-enm-verb-hOQU-nri Categories (other): Talking Disambiguation of Talking: 14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13
  7. (ambitransitive, by extension) To decorate or adorn. Tags: ambitransitive, broadly
    Sense id: en-peynten-enm-verb-iGra0ZDG Categories (other): Talking Disambiguation of Talking: 14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13
  8. (ambitransitive, rare) To write; to draw words. Tags: ambitransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-peynten-enm-verb-dnyuE-8D Categories (other): Talking, Writing Disambiguation of Talking: 14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13 Disambiguation of Writing: 10 9 11 9 10 10 8 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: peyntour, peynture
Categories (other): Deception Disambiguation of Deception: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "peyntynge",
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      "tags": [
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        "present"
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      "form": "peyntende",
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      "form": "peynt",
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    {
      "form": "ypeynted",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ypeynt",
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      "form": "paynte",
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      "form": "peinte",
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      "form": "peynte",
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      "form": "paint",
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        "Late-Middle-English"
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      "form": "peynt",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "peyntour"
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        "(ambitransitive) To draw or paint (depict in visual art):",
        "(passive voice) To decorate or adorn with drawing or painting."
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        "To draw or paint (depict in visual art):",
        "To imprint or fix emotionally."
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        "(ambitransitive) To draw or paint (depict in visual art):",
        "(figurative) To imprint or fix emotionally."
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        "To cover with colouring or paint; to stain:",
        "To apply cosmetics/makeup."
      ],
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        [
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        "(transitive) To cover with colouring or paint; to stain:",
        "(chiefly transitive) To apply cosmetics/makeup."
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 9 12 8 7 6 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 34 4 15 3 3 3 3",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 40 0 11 5 0 5 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Art",
          "orig": "enm:Art",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "enm:Talking",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "To cover with colouring or paint; to stain:",
        "To mar or stain (the heart)"
      ],
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        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ],
        [
          "colouring",
          "colouring"
        ],
        [
          "paint",
          "paint"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ],
        [
          "mar",
          "mar"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ],
        [
          "heart",
          "heart#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cover with colouring or paint; to stain:",
        "(figurative, rare) To mar or stain (the heart)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "enm:Talking",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To describe or depict verbally:",
        "To embellish or exaggerate; to give a misrepresentation."
      ],
      "id": "en-peynten-enm-verb-JzVJ12dU",
      "links": [
        [
          "describe",
          "describe"
        ],
        [
          "depict",
          "depict"
        ],
        [
          "verbally",
          "verbally"
        ],
        [
          "embellish",
          "embellish"
        ],
        [
          "exaggerate",
          "exaggerate"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ],
        [
          "misrepresentation",
          "misrepresentation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To describe or depict verbally:",
        "To embellish or exaggerate; to give a misrepresentation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "enm:Talking",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To describe or depict verbally:",
        "To deceive or dissemble."
      ],
      "id": "en-peynten-enm-verb-hOQU-nri",
      "links": [
        [
          "describe",
          "describe"
        ],
        [
          "depict",
          "depict"
        ],
        [
          "verbally",
          "verbally"
        ],
        [
          "deceive",
          "deceive"
        ],
        [
          "dissemble",
          "dissemble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To describe or depict verbally:",
        "(intransitive) To deceive or dissemble."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "enm:Talking",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decorate or adorn."
      ],
      "id": "en-peynten-enm-verb-iGra0ZDG",
      "links": [
        [
          "decorate",
          "decorate"
        ],
        [
          "adorn",
          "adorn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive, by extension) To decorate or adorn."
      ],
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        "ambitransitive",
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 13 12 12 10 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 9 11 9 10 10 8 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Writing",
          "orig": "enm:Writing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To write; to draw words."
      ],
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        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ],
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive, rare) To write; to draw words."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpæi̯ntən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peynten"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peyḱ- (mark)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Art",
    "enm:Deception",
    "enm:Painting",
    "enm:Talking",
    "enm:Writing"
  ],
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Mokilese",
          "lang_code": "mkj",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pihn"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "lang_code": "cy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
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        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "paint"
    },
    {
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          "lang": "Scots",
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          "word": "pent"
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          "lang": "Scots",
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          "word": "paint"
        },
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          "lang_code": "gd",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "peant"
        }
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      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "paint"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "pent"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "paint"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
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            "borrowed"
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          "word": "peant"
        }
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      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "paynt"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "pent"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "paint"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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      ],
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      "word": "pant"
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "id": "mark"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "peyḱ-",
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      },
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      "name": "PIE root box"
    },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pingō"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "peintier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French peintier",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c",
        "2": "1275"
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      "expansion": "First attested in c. 1275",
      "name": "etydate"
    }
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      "form": "peynteth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peyntende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peyntynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "peynted",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to peynten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peyntede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peyntest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peyntedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peyntest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynteth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peyntede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peyntede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynteden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peyntede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynteth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peyntynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peyntende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ypeynted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ypeynt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paynte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peinte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "poynte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paint",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paynt",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peynt",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "peynten",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "peynt"
      },
      "expansion": "peynten (third-person singular simple present peynteth, present participle peyntende, peyntynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle peynted)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peynt",
        "c2": "sl"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "peyntour"
    },
    {
      "word": "peynture"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw or paint (depict in visual art):",
        "To decorate or adorn with drawing or painting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "paint",
          "paint"
        ],
        [
          "depict",
          "depict#English"
        ],
        [
          "visual",
          "visual#English"
        ],
        [
          "decorate",
          "decorate"
        ],
        [
          "adorn",
          "adorn"
        ],
        [
          "drawing",
          "drawing"
        ],
        [
          "painting",
          "painting"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "passive voice",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive) To draw or paint (depict in visual art):",
        "(passive voice) To decorate or adorn with drawing or painting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw or paint (depict in visual art):",
        "To imprint or fix emotionally."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "paint",
          "paint"
        ],
        [
          "depict",
          "depict#English"
        ],
        [
          "visual",
          "visual#English"
        ],
        [
          "imprint",
          "imprint"
        ],
        [
          "fix",
          "fix"
        ],
        [
          "emotionally",
          "emotionally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive) To draw or paint (depict in visual art):",
        "(figurative) To imprint or fix emotionally."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cover with colouring or paint; to stain:",
        "To apply cosmetics/makeup."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ],
        [
          "colouring",
          "colouring"
        ],
        [
          "paint",
          "paint"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ],
        [
          "apply",
          "apply"
        ],
        [
          "cosmetics",
          "cosmetics"
        ],
        [
          "makeup",
          "makeup"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cover with colouring or paint; to stain:",
        "(chiefly transitive) To apply cosmetics/makeup."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cover with colouring or paint; to stain:",
        "To mar or stain (the heart)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ],
        [
          "colouring",
          "colouring"
        ],
        [
          "paint",
          "paint"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ],
        [
          "mar",
          "mar"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ],
        [
          "heart",
          "heart#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cover with colouring or paint; to stain:",
        "(figurative, rare) To mar or stain (the heart)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To describe or depict verbally:",
        "To embellish or exaggerate; to give a misrepresentation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "describe",
          "describe"
        ],
        [
          "depict",
          "depict"
        ],
        [
          "verbally",
          "verbally"
        ],
        [
          "embellish",
          "embellish"
        ],
        [
          "exaggerate",
          "exaggerate"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ],
        [
          "misrepresentation",
          "misrepresentation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To describe or depict verbally:",
        "To embellish or exaggerate; to give a misrepresentation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To describe or depict verbally:",
        "To deceive or dissemble."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "describe",
          "describe"
        ],
        [
          "depict",
          "depict"
        ],
        [
          "verbally",
          "verbally"
        ],
        [
          "deceive",
          "deceive"
        ],
        [
          "dissemble",
          "dissemble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To describe or depict verbally:",
        "(intransitive) To deceive or dissemble."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decorate or adorn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decorate",
          "decorate"
        ],
        [
          "adorn",
          "adorn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive, by extension) To decorate or adorn."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive",
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English terms with rare senses",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To write; to draw words."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ],
        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive, rare) To write; to draw words."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpæi̯ntən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peynten"
}

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