couchen
Appearance
See also: Couchen
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French couchier, from Latin collocāre; equivalent to couche + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]couchen
- To lie upon a bed or couch; to recline oneself.
- To lie or bow down in a submissive or deferent manner.
- To spread put foil or ornaments across; to decorate or adorn.
- To place or put; to gently drop.
- To organise; to place in specific positions.
- (rare) To cause to lie down.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of couchen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “cǒuchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-19.
Categories:
- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Latin
- Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English verbs
- Middle English terms with rare senses
- Middle English weak verbs
- enm:Sleep