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meeken

verb

Etymology

From Middle English mekenen, meknen, equivalent to meek + -en.

  1. inherited from mekenen

Definitions

  1. To make or become meek or submissive.

    • Tear each other's flesh no more, But kindly think and speak the same; All express the meekening power And spirit Of the Lamb!
    • "Whenever Helen sleeps, her fevered rest meekens her; hence, she re-emerges enfeebled -- her strength, expended; her reserves, depleted."

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