bracen
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
bracen
- Alternative form of brasen
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French bracier, from brace; equivalent to brace + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bracen
- To hold onto; to put one's hands onto.
- To grab or take; to forcibly handle.
- To restrain or bind; to make fast.
- To attach or connect two objects to each other.
- (rare) To cover or surround with a cover; to veil.
- (rare) To draw out; to pull to extend.
- (rare) To stab or puncture.
- (rare) To reassure or succour.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bracen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: brace
References edit
- “brācen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.