chaufen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• chafe, chafen, chaufe, chauffe, chawfe, chawffe

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French chaufer, from Latin calefacere, calfacere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃau̯fən/, /ˈt͡ʃaːfən/

Verb

chaufen

1. To warm or heat:
   1. To become hot or inflamed.
   2. To chafe (rub to make warm)
2. To rub as to magnetise.
3. (figurative) To emotionally inflame.
4. (figurative, rare) To scold.
5. (rare) To decompose.

Conjugation

Conjugation of chaufen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) chaufen, chaufe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	chaufe	chaufed
2nd-person singular	chaufest	chaufedest
3rd-person singular	chaufeth	chaufed
subjunctive singular	chaufe
imperative singular		—
plural1	chaufen, chaufe	chaufeden, chaufede
imperative plural	chaufeth, chaufe	—
participles	chaufynge, chaufende	chaufed, ychaufed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• achaufen
• chaufour
• enchaufen
• eschaufen
• overchaufen

 

Descendants

• English: chafe
• Scots: chaff

References

• “chaufen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.