blazen
English edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
blazen (third-person singular simple present blazens, present participle blazening, simple past and past participle blazened)
- (transitive) To set ablaze
- 1867, Biennial Report, page 252:
- An active rival, who let no opportunity escape to enhance his own interest to the detriment of ours, was unsparing in his efforts to blazen his own glories, and prevent the Eastern world from discovering anything valuable beyond the Mississippi river.
- (intransitive) To be ablaze
- 1970, Levi Lamoni Wight, The reminiscences and Civil War letters of Levi Lamoni Wight:
- We were on the left center, Mosleys battery on our left, brave men melting before the blazening cannon and chargeing[sic] Infantry one volley after another and dead men were in piles.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch blâsen, from Old Dutch *blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną.
Verb edit
blazen
- (intransitive, sometimes transitive) to blow
- De bladeren bliezen in de wind.
- The leaves were blowing in the wind.
- Hij blaast zeepbellen.
- He is blowing soap bubbles.
- (intransitive) to hiss (like a cat)
Inflection edit
Inflection of blazen (strong class 7) | ||||
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infinitive | blazen | |||
past singular | blies | |||
past participle | geblazen | |||
infinitive | blazen | |||
gerund | blazen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | blaas | blies | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | blaast | blies | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | blaast | blies | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | blaast | bliest | ||
3rd person singular | blaast | blies | ||
plural | blazen | bliezen | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | blaze | blieze | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | blazen | bliezen | ||
imperative sing. | blaas | |||
imperative plur.1 | blaast | |||
participles | blazend | geblazen | ||
1) Archaic. |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
blazen
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: blas
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *blaznъ.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
blázən (comparative bláznejši, superlative nȁjbláznejši)
Further reading edit
- “blazen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran