chaufen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- chafe, chafen, chaufe, chauffe, chawfe, chawffe
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French chaufer, from Latin calefacere, calfacere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃau̯fən/, /ˈtʃaːfən/
Verb
chaufen
- To warm or heat:
- To become hot or inflamed.
- To chafe (rub to make warm)
- To rub as to magnetise.
- (figurative) To emotionally inflame.
- (figurative, rare) To scold.
- (rare) To decompose.
Conjugation
Conjugation of chaufen (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) chaufen, chaufe | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | chaufe | chaufed | |
2nd-person singular | chaufest | chaufedest | |
3rd-person singular | chaufeth | chaufed | |
subjunctive singular | chaufe | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | chaufen, chaufe | chaufeden, chaufede | |
imperative plural | chaufeth, chaufe | — | |
participles | chaufynge, chaufende | chaufed, ychaufed |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
- achaufen
- chaufour
- enchaufen
- eschaufen
- overchaufen
Descendants
- English: chafe
- Scots: chaff
References
- “chaufen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.