adj
Meaning 1
Made of or consisting of ice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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icen
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rhymes with -aɪsən
verb
Meaning 2
To make or become iced or icy; frost (all senses)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English isen, ysen, equivalent to ice + -en (“made of”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1eyH- Proto-Indo-European *h1eyH-so-der. Proto-Germanic *īsą Proto-West Germanic *īs Old English īs Middle English is English ice English -en English icen From ice + -en (“to become like”).