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chafen

verb

Etymology

Variant of Chaffin.

  1. derived from calefacio
  2. derived from chaufer
  3. inherited from chaufen
  4. formed as chafen — “chafe + -en”

Definitions

  1. To make chafed

    • Tush, tush, it avails nought to chafen, or to chide, […]
    • And while this was being accomplished, Time was healing all chafened surfaces and rounding off all rough and broken edges with his slow but unfailing tools […]

  2. A surname.

The neighborhood

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