sotilen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French sotiliier, from Late Latin subtīliō; equivalent to sotil + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsotilen
- To think about the effects of an event.
- To increase in mental accuity.
- To scheme or connive.
- To create or design; to come up with an idea.
- (rare) To become airy or refined.
- (rare) To make fluidic or airy; to reduce something's density.
- (medicine) To lessen someone's food intake.
Conjugation
editConjugation of sotilen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
edit- “sotilen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-15.
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