meeken

M3E1E1K5E1N1

verb

To make or become meek or submissive.

OriginMiddle English mekenen →
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Meanings

verbmeeken (third-person singular simple present meekens, present participle meekening, simple past and past participle meekened)

present singular third person meekens · participle present meekening · participle past meekened · past meekened

  1. ambitransitiveTo make or become meek or submissive.

    Tear each other's flesh no more, But kindly think and speak the same; All express the meekening power And spirit Of the Lamb!

    1779, John Wesley, Collection of Psalms and Hymns. The Collection
    1 more example

    "Whenever Helen sleeps, her fevered rest meekens her; hence, she re-emerges enfeebled -- her strength, expended; her reserves, depleted."

    2001, Christian Bök, Eunoia

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
humble

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmekenen
  2. Englishmeeken

From Middle English mekenen, meknen, equivalent to meek + -en.

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APA

meeken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meeken

MLA

“meeken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meeken. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meeken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meeken.

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