"frouncen" meaning in Middle English

See frouncen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfruːnsən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French froncer, froncir, from Old French froncir, from fronce; by surface analysis, frounce + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|frm|froncer}} Borrowed from Middle French froncer, {{der|enm|fro|froncir}} Old French froncir, {{surface analysis|enm|frounce|-en|id2=infinitival|nocap=1|pos2=infinitival suffix}} by surface analysis, frounce + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} frouncen, {{enm-verb|stem=frounc}} frouncen (third-person singular simple present frounceth, present participle frouncende, frouncynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle frounced) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|frounc}} Forms: frounceth [present, singular, third-person], frouncende [participle, present], frouncynge [participle, present], frounced [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], frouncen [infinitive], to frouncen [infinitive], frounce [infinitive], frounce [first-person, present, singular], frounced [first-person, past, singular], frouncest [present, second-person, singular], frouncedest [past, second-person, singular], frounceth [present, singular, third-person], frounced [past, singular, third-person], frounce [present, singular, subjunctive], frounced [past, singular, subjunctive], frounce [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], frouncen [plural, present], frounce [plural, present], frounceden [past, plural], frouncede [past, plural], frounceth [imperative, plural, present], frounce [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], frouncynge [participle, present], frouncende [participle, present], frounced [participle, past], yfrounced [participle, past]
  1. To crease or wrinkle. Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-frouncen-enm-verb-Oi7jqvS8 Disambiguation of Emotions: 43 29 28 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 46 37 17 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 38 41 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 33 33
  2. To frown or sneer.
    Sense id: en-frouncen-enm-verb-Ar46D8qm Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 46 37 17 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 38 41 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 33 33
  3. (rare) To squeak or squeal. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-frouncen-enm-verb-UoBp-L6j Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 46 37 17 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 38 41 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 33 33
     
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    {
      "form": "frounceth",
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      "form": "frouncende",
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      "form": "to frouncen",
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      "form": "-",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "frouncen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frounce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "frounceden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "form": "frouncede",
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      "form": "frounced",
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        "To crease or wrinkle."
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          "wrinkle",
          "wrinkle"
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      "glosses": [
        "To frown or sneer."
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      "id": "en-frouncen-enm-verb-Ar46D8qm",
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          "frown",
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          "sneer",
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        "To squeak or squeal."
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        "(rare) To squeak or squeal."
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfruːnsən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frouncen"
}

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        "first-person",
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      "form": "frouncen",
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        "present"
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        "To crease or wrinkle."
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      "glosses": [
        "To squeak or squeal."
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          "squeak",
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        "(rare) To squeak or squeal."
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}

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