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Webster 1913 Edition
Neven
Nev′en
,Verb.
T.
[Icel.
nefna
. √ 267.] To name; to mention; to utter.
[Obs.]
As oft I heard my lord them
neven
. Chaucer.
Definition 2024
Neven
neven
neven
English
Alternative forms
Verb
neven (third-person singular simple present nevens, present participle nevening, simple past and past participle nevened)
- (obsolete, transitive) To give as a name to; name; call (someone something).
- (obsolete, transitive) To appoint; nominate.
- (obsolete, transitive) To mention; speak of; give an account of; tell.
- (Britain dialectal, transitive) To utter; mention the name of.
- 1995, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays:
- Thou netherest of Nazareth, now nevened is thy name.
- 1995, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays:
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland, intransitive) To tell or make mention of (a person or thing); specify; designate.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To say; speak.
Derived terms
- nevening