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meeken en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English mekenen, meknen, equivalent to meek + -en.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To make or become meek or submissive.
   • Tear each other's flesh no more, But kindly think and speak the same; All express the meekening power And spirit Of the Lamb! 1779, John Wesley, Collection of Psalms and Hymns. The Collection:
   • "Whenever Helen sleeps, her fevered rest meekens her; hence, she re-emerges enfeebled -- her strength, expended; her reserves, depleted." 2001, Christian Bök, Eunoia:

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