"melten" meaning in Middle English

See melten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɛltən/
Etymology: From Old English meltan (strong class 3), from Proto-West Germanic *meltan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną; reinforced by Old English mieltan, myltan (weak class 1). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|meltan}} Old English meltan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*meltan}} Proto-West Germanic *meltan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*meltaną}} Proto-Germanic *meltaną, {{cog|ang|mieltan}} Old English mieltan Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} melten, {{enm-verb|melteth|meltynge|malt|molten}} melten (third-person singular simple present melteth, present participle meltynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative malt, past participle molten) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|melt|malt|molt|molt|3a=melt|4a=melt|c=3|w=ed|y=0}} Forms: melteth [present, singular, third-person], meltynge [participle, present], malt [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], molten [participle, past], strong weak [table-tags], melten [infinitive], to melten [infinitive], melte [infinitive], melte [first-person, present, singular], malt [first-person, past, singular], melted [first-person, past, singular], meltest [present, second-person, singular], molte [past, second-person, singular], melte [past, second-person, singular], malt [past, second-person, singular], meltedest [past, second-person, singular], melteth [present, singular, third-person], malt [past, singular, third-person], melted [past, singular, third-person], melte [present, singular, subjunctive], molte [past, singular, subjunctive], melte [past, singular, subjunctive], melted [past, singular, subjunctive], melte [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], melten [plural, present], melte [plural, present], molten [past, plural], molte [past, plural], melten [past, plural], melte [past, plural], melteden [past, plural], meltede [past, plural], melteth [imperative, plural, present], melte [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], meltynge [participle, present], meltende [participle, present], molten [participle, past], molte [participle, past], melten [participle, past], melte [participle, past], melted [participle, past]
  1. To melt (change from solid to liquid):
    To blend or fuse (of metal or glass).
    Categories (topical): Liquids, Temperature
    Sense id: en-melten-enm-verb-epgG6XmD Disambiguation of Liquids: 25 25 20 11 16 4 Disambiguation of Temperature: 50 50 0 0 0 0 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: 11 11 12 24 26 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 12 18 25 28 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 12 22 23 26 6
  2. To melt (change from solid to liquid):
    (by extension) To dissolve, disperse, or vanish.
    Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Liquids, Temperature
    Sense id: en-melten-enm-verb-pbzByxUE Disambiguation of Liquids: 25 25 20 11 16 4 Disambiguation of Temperature: 50 50 0 0 0 0 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: 11 11 12 24 26 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 12 18 25 28 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 12 22 23 26 6
  3. To mollify; to repent or become caring:
    To cause to repent or become caring.
    Categories (topical): Emotions, Liquids
    Sense id: en-melten-enm-verb-5Qr3aJoD Disambiguation of Emotions: 16 16 32 16 17 3 Disambiguation of Liquids: 25 25 20 11 16 4 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: 11 11 12 24 26 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 12 18 25 28 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 12 22 23 26 6
  4. To mollify; to repent or become caring:
    To weaken; to be sapped of strength.
    Categories (topical): Liquids
    Sense id: en-melten-enm-verb-DLTunHUv Disambiguation of Liquids: 25 25 20 11 16 4 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: 11 11 12 24 26 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 12 18 25 28 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 12 22 23 26 6
  5. To decay; to become wasted or decomposed. Categories (topical): Liquids
    Sense id: en-melten-enm-verb-ZCP3pVRB Disambiguation of Liquids: 25 25 20 11 16 4 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: 11 11 12 24 26 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 12 18 25 28 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 12 22 23 26 6
  6. (rare) To be heated (of meat). Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-melten-enm-verb-7dYD7DKx Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 12 24 26 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: malte, melt, melte, meltyn, mealten, melltenn [Early-Middle-English]

Alternative forms

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        "To be heated (of meat)."
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        "(rare) To be heated (of meat)."
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "melltenn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melten"
}
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      "form": "to melten",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "meltedest",
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        "past",
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        "singular"
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "melte",
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        "past",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "melte",
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "plural",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "meltynge",
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      "form": "meltende",
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    },
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      "form": "melte",
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        "past"
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      "form": "melted",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "To melt (change from solid to liquid):",
        "To blend or fuse (of metal or glass)."
      ],
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          "melt",
          "melt"
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          "solid",
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        ],
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          "liquid",
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        ],
        [
          "blend",
          "blend"
        ],
        [
          "fuse",
          "fuse"
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          "metal",
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          "glass#English"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To melt (change from solid to liquid):",
        "To dissolve, disperse, or vanish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "melt",
          "melt"
        ],
        [
          "solid",
          "solid#English"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid#English"
        ],
        [
          "dissolve",
          "dissolve"
        ],
        [
          "disperse",
          "disperse"
        ],
        [
          "vanish",
          "vanish"
        ]
      ],
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        "To melt (change from solid to liquid):",
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      ],
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        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To mollify; to repent or become caring:",
        "To cause to repent or become caring."
      ],
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        [
          "mollify",
          "mollify"
        ],
        [
          "repent",
          "repent"
        ],
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          "caring",
          "caring"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To mollify; to repent or become caring:",
        "To weaken; to be sapped of strength."
      ],
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          "mollify",
          "mollify"
        ],
        [
          "repent",
          "repent"
        ],
        [
          "caring",
          "caring"
        ],
        [
          "sapped",
          "sapped"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To decay; to become wasted or decomposed."
      ],
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        [
          "decay",
          "decay"
        ],
        [
          "wasted",
          "wasted"
        ],
        [
          "decomposed",
          "decomposed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be heated (of meat)."
      ],
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          "heated",
          "heated"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To be heated (of meat)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛltən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "malte"
    },
    {
      "word": "melt"
    },
    {
      "word": "melte"
    },
    {
      "word": "meltyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "mealten"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "melltenn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melten"
}

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