"souchen" meaning in Middle English

See souchen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsuːt͡ʃən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French soschier, souchier, from Latin suspicārī (“to suspect”). First attested in c. 1330. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|soschier}} Borrowed from Old French soschier, {{der|enm|la|suspicor|suspicārī|t=to suspect}} Latin suspicārī (“to suspect”), {{etydate|c|1330}} First attested in c. 1330 Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} souchen, {{enm-verb|stem=souch}} souchen (third-person singular simple present soucheth, present participle souchende, souchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle souched) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|souch|y=0}} Forms: soucheth [present, singular, third-person], souchende [participle, present], souchynge [participle, present], souched [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], souchen [infinitive], to souchen [infinitive], souche [infinitive], souche [first-person, present, singular], souched [first-person, past, singular], souchede [first-person, past, singular], souchest [present, second-person, singular], souchedest [past, second-person, singular], soucheth [present, singular, third-person], souched [past, singular, third-person], souchede [past, singular, third-person], souche [present, singular, subjunctive], souched [past, singular, subjunctive], souchede [past, singular, subjunctive], souche [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], souchen [plural, present], souche [plural, present], soucheden [past, plural], souched [past, plural], souchede [past, plural], soucheth [imperative, plural, present], souche [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], souchynge [participle, present], souchende [participle, present], souched [participle, past], souche [alternative], schoche [alternative, East-Anglia], souchy [alternative]
  1. (ambitransitive) To suspect; to have suspicion. Tags: ambitransitive
    Sense id: en-souchen-enm-verb-9IDM4gT6 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
  2. (transitive, rare) To concoct or invent. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-souchen-enm-verb-NiFE5SQA Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49

Alternative forms

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