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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

highen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
high-en
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make high; heighten.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English heyghnen, heynen, equivalent to high + -en.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

highens (present, singular) highening (participle, present) highened (participle, past) highened (past)

Questions

What does highen mean?
To make high; heighten.
Where does highen come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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