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Old English · verb

licettan

Normalised līċettan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈliː.t͡ʃet.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈliː · t͡ʃet · tɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
fakepretendprofesssimulatefalselyfeign

Meaning

  1. to feign, pretend, profess falsely, fake

    Þæt is wīsdōm þæt wīs mann līċette dysiġ.

    It is wise for a wise person to pretend to be foolish.

    The Old English Distichs of Cato

  2. to simulate, imitate

  3. to flatter

Conjugation

Conjugation of licettan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular līċettelīċette
2nd singular līċetstlīċettest
3rd singular līċettlīċetlīċette
Plural līċettaþlīċetton
Subjunctive
Singular līċettelīċette
Plural līċettenlīċetten
Non-finite forms of licettan
Form
Infinitive līċettan
Inflected infinitive līċettenne
Imperative singular līċete
Imperative plural līċettaþ
Present participle līċettende
Past participle līċetedġelīċetedlīċettġelīċettlīċetġelīċet

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *līkattjan. Cognate with Old High German līhhezzen.

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