lain.
To conceal, keep quiet about.
Meaning & usage
To conceal, keep quiet about.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”).
past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
He had lain there for many hours.
The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.
past participle of lay (“to put down”)
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