dressen
See also: Dressen
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French dresser, drescer, drecier, from Medieval Latin *directiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɛsən/
Verb
dressen (third-person singular simple present dresseth, present participle dressende, dressynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle dressed)
- To direct or aim oneself:
- To direct or aim to another:
- To arrange; to ready or tidy:
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 1:23, page 43v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- he ſeide / I am a vois of a crier in deſert .· dꝛeſſe ȝe þe weie of þe loꝛd. as yſaie þe pꝛophete ſeide
- He said: "I am the voice of a crier in the wilderness; straighten the way of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said."
- To fix; to remove accumulated defects.
- To form; to create (a structure)
- To create; to cause (a situation)
- To address; to deal with.
Conjugation
Conjugation of dressen (weak in -ed/-te)
infinitive | (to) dressen, dresse | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | dresse | dressed, dreste | |
2nd-person singular | dressest | dressedest, drestest | |
3rd-person singular | dresseth | dressed, dreste | |
subjunctive singular | dresse | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | dressen, dresse | dresseden, dressede, dresten, dreste | |
imperative plural | dresseth, dresse | — | |
participles | dressynge, dressende | dressed, drest, ydressed, ydrest |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
- “dressen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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