sparken
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kən
Verb
editsparken (third-person singular simple present sparkens, present participle sparkening, simple past and past participle sparkened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To spark or ignite in sparks
- 1929, Percy MacKaye, Weathergoose-woo!, page 171:
- […] and her princess-feather flipped purty in the wind; and thar a siller wishbone jewelled betwixt her breastes; and her pink-red-pepper wristicuffs sparkened; […]
- 2008, Ken Muller, RANDOM FITZ of KINDNESS, page 28:
- And milady said, “I am but an afterthought. Nothing more. I am but an instrument. Nothng more. I am but a sparkened catalyst. Nothing more”
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editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English spearcian; equivalent to spark + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editVerb
editsparken (rare)
Conjugation
editConjugation of sparken (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “sparken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
editFrom Old English spearcan; equivalent to sparke + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
editsparken
- (chiefly Early Middle English) plural of sparke
Swedish
editNoun
editsparken
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