costen

English

Etymology

From Middle English costnien, from Old English costnian, subsidiary form of Old English costian (“to tempt, try, prove, examine”), from Proto-Germanic *kustōną (“to try, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to enjoy, taste”). Cognate with German kosten (“to taste”). More at choose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.sən/

Verb

costen (third-person singular simple present costens, present participle costening, simple past and past participle costened)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To try; tempt.

Related terms

• cost
• costning

Anagrams

• Contés, Tecson, c notes, c-notes, centos, socnet

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔs.tən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈkɔs.ten]

Verb

costen

1. third-person plural present indicative of costar