neven

N1E1V4E1N1

verb

To give as a name to; name; call (someone something).

OriginMiddle English nevenen ← Old English nemnan ← Old Norse nefna →
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Meanings

verbneven (third-person singular simple present nevens, present participle nevening, simple past and past participle nevened)

present singular third person nevens · participle present nevening · participle past nevened · past nevened · alternative nevin · alternative nemmin · alternative nem · alternative nevyn

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo give as a name to; name; call (someone something).
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo appoint; nominate.
  3. obsoletetransitiveTo mention; speak of; give an account of; tell.
  4. UKdialectaltransitiveTo utter; mention the name of.

    Thou netherest of Nazareth, now nevened is thy name.

    1995, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays
  5. ScotlandUKdialectalintransitiveTo tell or make mention of (a person or thing); specify; designate.
  6. intransitiveobsoleteTo say; speak.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*namnijaną“to name”
  2. Old Norsenefna“to name, call”
  3. Old Englishnemnan
  4. Middle Englishnevenen
  5. Englishneven

From Middle English nevenen, nevnen, nemmen, nempnen, nemnen, from Old English nemnan, nemnian (“to name, call, give a name to a person or thing; use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing; enumerate; address, speak to; nominate; call upon the name of, address by name, invoke; mention by name, mention, relate”) and Old Norse nefna (“to name, call”); both from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną (“to name”). More at name.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with neven

evenStephenstevendevonunevenSaint Stephenthreeven
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APA

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MLA

“neven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neven. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neven,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neven.

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