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lien

noun
/liːn//ˈlaɪən//ˈlaɪ.in/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (“a bond”), from ligō (“tie, bind”).

  1. derived from ligāmen
  2. borrowed from lien

Definitions

  1. A tendon.

  2. A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is…

    A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.

    • […] every youth movement presents itself as loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are canceled.
    • Bodin deemed the king of France's power as absolute in the sense that the ruler was ‘absolved’ by divine sanction from legally binding liens and restrictions.

  3. Alternative form of lain.

    • And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done vnto vs? one of the people might lightly haue lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest haue brought guiltinesse vpon vs.”
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The spleen.

      • Li'enal. Pertaining to the lien or spleen; splenic.
      • The lien or spleen (figs. 282 to 285) is a soft, highly vascular contractile and very elastic organ of a dark purplish colour. It is placed obliquely behind the stomach, …

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA