"tosen" meaning in Middle English

See tosen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɔːzən/
Etymology: From Old English *tāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *taisan, from Proto-Germanic *taisaną. Compare tesen. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|*tāsan}} Old English *tāsan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*taisan}} Proto-West Germanic *taisan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*taisaną}} Proto-Germanic *taisaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} tosen, {{enm-verb|stem=tos}} tosen (third-person singular simple present toseth, present participle tosende, tosynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tosed), {{tlb|enm|Late ME}} (Late Middle English) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|tos}} Forms: toseth [present, singular, third-person], tosende [participle, present], tosynge [participle, present], tosed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], tosen [infinitive], to tosen [infinitive], tose [infinitive], tose [first-person, present, singular], tosed [first-person, past, singular], tosest [present, second-person, singular], tosedest [past, second-person, singular], toseth [present, singular, third-person], tosed [past, singular, third-person], tose [present, singular, subjunctive], tosed [past, singular, subjunctive], tose [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], tosen [plural, present], tose [plural, present], toseden [past, plural], tosede [past, plural], toseth [imperative, plural, present], tose [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], tosynge [participle, present], tosende [participle, present], tosed [participle, past], ytosed [participle, past]
  1. To card (straighten the fibres of) wool. Tags: Late-Middle-English Synonyms: carden, tesen
    Sense id: en-tosen-enm-verb-JDk15U5s Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 18 21 31 12 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 17 43 10 7 7 Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 28 26 20 25 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 48 19 14 19
  2. (figuratively, rare) To dissect or examine. Tags: Late-Middle-English, figuratively, rare
    Sense id: en-tosen-enm-verb-edYA~O2- Categories (other): Late Middle English Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 28 26 20 25
  3. (rare) To pull the wool off sheep. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-tosen-enm-verb-QmailNhv Categories (other): Late Middle English Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 28 26 20 25
  4. (rare) To attack, injure. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-tosen-enm-verb-ZQxUxKFl Categories (other): Late Middle English Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 28 26 20 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tose, toson Derived forms: totosen

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "toseth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tosynge",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "tosen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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      "form": "to tosen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    {
      "form": "tose",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toseden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toseth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tosed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ytosed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "enm-verb"
    },
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "Late ME"
      },
      "expansion": "(Late Middle English)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
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        "1": "tos"
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  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "18 21 31 12 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "15 17 43 10 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "28 26 20 25",
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          "_dis": "48 19 14 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
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        "To card (straighten the fibres of) wool."
      ],
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          "card",
          "card"
        ],
        [
          "straighten",
          "straighten#English"
        ],
        [
          "fibre",
          "fibre#English"
        ],
        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "carden"
        },
        {
          "word": "tesen"
        }
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        "Late-Middle-English"
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          "_dis": "28 26 20 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Middle English",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To dissect or examine."
      ],
      "id": "en-tosen-enm-verb-edYA~O2-",
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        [
          "dissect",
          "dissect"
        ],
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, rare) To dissect or examine."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "28 26 20 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Middle English",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pull the wool off sheep."
      ],
      "id": "en-tosen-enm-verb-QmailNhv",
      "links": [
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ],
        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
        ],
        [
          "sheep",
          "sheep"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To pull the wool off sheep."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
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        {
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      "glosses": [
        "To attack, injure."
      ],
      "id": "en-tosen-enm-verb-ZQxUxKFl",
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        [
          "attack",
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        [
          "injure",
          "injure"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To attack, injure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɔːzən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tose"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "toson"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tosen"
}
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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "totosen"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "toseth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to tosen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toseden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toseth",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "tosynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tosed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ytosed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To card (straighten the fibres of) wool."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card",
          "card"
        ],
        [
          "straighten",
          "straighten#English"
        ],
        [
          "fibre",
          "fibre#English"
        ],
        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "carden"
        },
        {
          "word": "tesen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To dissect or examine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dissect",
          "dissect"
        ],
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, rare) To dissect or examine."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pull the wool off sheep."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ],
        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
        ],
        [
          "sheep",
          "sheep"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To pull the wool off sheep."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attack, injure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ],
        [
          "injure",
          "injure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To attack, injure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɔːzən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tose"
    },
    {
      "word": "toson"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tosen"
}

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