saucen

See also: Saucen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sauce, sawcyn, sawse

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French saussier; equivalent to sauce +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsau̯sən/

Verb

saucen

1. To add condiments or sauces to food; to dress food.
2. (rare) To ready for a meal.

Conjugation

Conjugation of saucen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) saucen, sauce
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sauce	sauced
2nd-person singular	saucest	saucedest
3rd-person singular	sauceth	sauced
subjunctive singular	sauce
imperative singular		—
plural1	saucen, sauce	sauceden, saucede
imperative plural	sauceth, sauce	—
participles	saucynge, saucende	sauced, ysauced

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

Descendants

• English: sauce

References

• “saucen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-09.