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neven.

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

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To appoint; nominate.

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To mention; speak of; give an account of; tell.

    obsolete · transitive
  4. To utter; mention the name of.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
  5. To tell or make mention of (a person or thing); specify; designate.

    Scotland · UK · dialectal · intransitive
  6. To say; speak.

    intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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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