sotilen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sotille, sotile, suptylen

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sotiliier, from Late Latin subtīliō; equivalent to sotil +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔˈtilən/, /ˈsɔtilən/, /ˈsutilən/

Verb

sotilen

1. To think about the effects of an event.
2. To increase in mental accuity.
3. To scheme or connive.
4. To create or design; to come up with an idea.
5. (rare) To become airy or refined.
6. (rare) To make fluidic or airy; to reduce something's density.
7. (medicine) To lessen someone's food intake.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sotilen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) sotilen, sotile
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sotile	sotiled
2nd-person singular	sotilest	sotiledest
3rd-person singular	sotileth	sotiled
subjunctive singular	sotile
imperative singular		—
plural1	sotilen, sotile	sotileden, sotilede
imperative plural	sotileth, sotile	—
participles	sotilynge, sotilende	sotiled, ysotiled

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

References

• “sotilen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-15.