fullen

See also: Fullen, füllen, and Füllen

English

Etymology

From full +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Verb

fullen (third-person singular simple present fullens, present participle fullening, simple past and past participle fullened)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become full
    • 1984, Womanspirit - Issue 39, page 11:
      That red day, the girl fades into the fullening form of maiden.
    • 2012, William Martin, Cape Cod:
      Then she took off the bodice that encased her upper body and the bum roll that fullened her hips.
    • 2016, Adina Araptai, Reaching: Whatever It Will Take:
      Under the tree where they are seated, normally called the lovers court because couples tend to frequent it, students start flocking the place fullening it.

Catalan

Verb

fullen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of fullar

Middle English

Etymology 1

    From fulle (fullness) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Compare Old English fullian (to fill).

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈfulən/

    Verb

    fullen (third-person singular simple present fulleth, present participle fullende, fullynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fulled)

    1. To fill; to make full.
    2. (rare) To become full.
    Conjugation
    Conjugation of fullen (weak in -ed)
    infinitive (to) fullen, fulle
    present tense past tense
    1st-person singular fulle fulled
    2nd-person singular fullest fulledest
    3rd-person singular fulleth fulled
    subjunctive singular fulle
    imperative singular
    plural1 fullen, fulle fulleden, fullede
    imperative plural fulleth, fulle
    participles fullynge, fullende fulled, yfulled

    1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

    Descendants
    • English: full
    • Scots: full, fou, foo
    References

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Middle French fouler, from Old French fouler, foler, from Late Latin fullare.

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈfulən/

      Verb

      fullen (third-person singular simple present fulleth, present participle fullende, fullynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fulled) (Late Middle English)

      1. To full or beat (cloth).
        Synonym: walken
      2. (by extension, rare) To stomp or push.
      3. (figurative, rare) To overcome or crush.
      Conjugation
      Conjugation of fullen (weak in -ed)
      infinitive (to) fullen, fulle
      present tense past tense
      1st-person singular fulle fulled
      2nd-person singular fullest fulledest
      3rd-person singular fulleth fulled
      subjunctive singular fulle
      imperative singular
      plural1 fullen, fulle fulleden, fullede
      imperative plural fulleth, fulle
      participles fullynge, fullende fulled, yfulled

      1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

      Descendants
      References

      Etymology 3

        Inherited from Old English fullian, fulwian, from full- + *wīhan (later *wēon), from Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan.

        Alternative forms

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈful(w)ən/, /ˈfuliən/, /ˈfuliu̯ən/, /ˈfulɔu̯ən/

        Verb

        fullen (third-person singular simple present fulleth, present participle fullende, fullynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle fulled)

        1. To baptise or christen; to perform baptism.
          Synonyms: baptisen, cristenen
        Conjugation
        Conjugation of fullen (weak in -ed)
        infinitive (to) fullen, fulle
        present tense past tense
        1st-person singular fulle fulled
        2nd-person singular fullest fulledest
        3rd-person singular fulleth fulled
        subjunctive singular fulle
        imperative singular
        plural1 fullen, fulle fulleden, fullede
        imperative plural fulleth, fulle
        participles fullynge, fullende fulled, yfulled

        1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

        Descendants
        • English: full (obsolete)
        References

        Etymology 4

        Verb

        fullen

        1. alternative form of fellen

        Etymology 5

        Verb

        fullen

        1. alternative form of fillen

        Old High German

        Etymology

        From Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, see also Old Saxon fullian, Dutch vullen, Old English fyllan, Old Norse fylla, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fulljan).

        Verb

        fullen

        1. to fill

        Conjugation

        Descendants