Washen

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    alternative past participle of wash. alternative, archaic, form-of, participle, past

    "I've had my chance of common life, city and town, and the company of ladies with broidery and camisole and washen faces"

Adjective
  1. 1
    clean archaic

    "He becomes washen by washing away evil and wrong states."

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laundrylavewashoutablutionabstergentacrylic painting

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"I've had my chance of common life, city and town, and the company of ladies with broidery and camisole and washen faces"

Etymology

From Middle English wasshen, waschen, ywasshe (past participle of wasshen (“to wash”)), from Old English wasċen, ġewasċen (“washed”, past participle of wasċan (“to wash”)), equivalent to wash + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian waasken (“washed, washen”), West Frisian wosken (“washed, washen”), Dutch gewassen (“washed, washen”), German Low German wusken (“washed, washen”), German gewaschen (“washed, washen”). More at wash.

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