bracen
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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.
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