corounen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French coroner (modern French couronner), from Latin corōnō; equivalent to coroune + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcorounen
- To put a crown on one's head (often as a symbol of power or might):
- To instill or cause a condition, feeling or mental state; to grant.
- To let or allow into a monastic community or grouping.
- (theology) To raise a virtuous people to Heaven.
- (Christianity) To install a high ecclesiastical figure.
- (rare) To wear a crown; to have a crown on one's head.
- (rare) To grant an influential office or duty.
- (rare) To have a specified kind of flower.
- (rare) To put the top portion of a brick wall on.
- (rare) To glorify or recognise.
Conjugation
editConjugation of corounen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “corǒunen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-20.
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