chaufen
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French chaufer, from Latin calefacere, calfacere.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
chaufen
- To warm or heat:
- To rub as to magnetise.
- (figurative) To emotionally inflame.
- (figurative, rare) To scold.
- (rare) To decompose.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of chaufen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “chaufen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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