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See also: Fullen, füllen, and Füllen

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From full +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive, 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.

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fullen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of fullar

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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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.
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  • English: full
  • Scots: full, fou, foo
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Etymology 2

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

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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.
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Etymology 3

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

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

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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
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  • English: full (obsolete)
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fullen

  1. Alternative form of fellen

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fullen

  1. Alternative form of fillen

Old High German

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

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fullen

  1. to fill

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