chauncen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom chaunce (“event”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editchauncen (third-person singular simple present chaunceth, present participle chauncende, chauncynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle chaunced)
Conjugation
editConjugation of chauncen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
edit- English: chance
References
edit- “chauncen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.