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meeken, v. Now rare.|ˈmiːk(ə)n|
Also 4–6 meken, 6 mekyn, meaken.
[f. meek a. + -en5. Cf. Norw., Sw. mjukna.]
1. trans. To make meek; to humble, soften, tame; † to mitigate, assuage; to lessen the violence of (a fire); to ‘bring low’, abase.
13..E. E. Allit. P. B. 1328 Ofte hit mekned his mynde, his maysterful werkkes. 1502W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione i. xiii. 161 Therby man is mekende, pourged, & infourmed by experyence. 1547–64Bauldwin Mor. Philos. (Palfr.) 11 He meekneth the mighty, & exalteth the lowly. 1587Golding De Mornay xii. (1617) 176 Basenesse to humble them, sicknes to meeken them. 1591R. Turnbull Exp. St. James 160 b, Snakes haue beene so meekened, as that men haue carried them without danger in their bosomes. 1647Trapp Comm. Matt. v. 46 Thou shalt melt these hardest metals..thou shalt meeken their rancour. 1662J. Sparrow tr. Behme's Rem. Wks., 1st Apol. B. Tylcken 33 Its Fire became allayed or Meekened. 1728–46Thomson Spring 265 This when..The glaring lion saw, his horrid heart Was meekened. a1788Wesley ‘Saviour, on me the want bestow’ ii, Meeken my soul, thou heavenly Lamb, That I in the new earth may claim My hundred-fold reward. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh ii. 564, I was quelled before her, Meekened to the child she knew.
†b. refl. Obs.
c1440Alphabet of Tales 284, I mekend me befor þe bedels & þe messangiers of allmighti God. 1537Matthew 2 Chron. xxxiii. 23 Amon..mekened not him selfe before the Lord as Manasseh his father had mekened himselfe.
2. intr. To become meek or submissive; to submit meekly (to something).
1844Mrs. Browning Brown Rosary ii, And she so mild?..As spirits, when They meeken, not to God but men. 18..― Wisdom Unapplied viii, If I were thou, O gallant steed,..I would not meeken to the rein, As thou.
Hence ˈmeekened ppl. a.; ˈmeekening vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1537Matthew Ps. li. 19 marg., The mortifynge of the fleasshe and meakenynge of the hert. 1539Tonstall Serm. Palm Sund. (1823) 93 Thou God wylte not despyse a harte contryte and mekened. 1597J. Payne Royal Exch. 46 No less rightlie illumininge, then as trulie..humblinge and mekeninge. 1616W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. i. 22, I..climb'd Mountaines..Then with soft steps enseal'd the meekned Vallyes In quest of memory. 1698M. Henry Meekness & Quietn. Spirit (1822) 166 Repentance..is very meekening. 1728–46Thomson Spring 944 Her eyes, Where meekened sense and amiable grace And lively sweetness dwell. 18..Mrs. Browning Isobel's Child xxxv, I changed the cruel prayer I made, And bowed my meekened face, and prayed That God would do His will. 1859–60J. Hamilton Moses v. (1870) 86 The meekening process in the mind of God's destined agent. |