Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To mutilate.

Origin

From Middle English manken, from Old English *mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of

From Middle English manken, from Old English *mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Middle Low German mank (“lame, defective”), Dutch mank (“lame, defective”), and Middle High German manc (“lack, defect”). Perhaps from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”), from Proto-Indo-European *mank-, *menk- (“maimed, mutilation, torment”).

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Forms

manks, manking, manked, manked
Base formmank · to mank
3rd person singularmanks
Present participlemanking
Past simplemanked
Past participlemanked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymank
he, she, itmanks

Past simpleLesson

all personsmanked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave manked
he, she, ithas manked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mank

Word family

1 related words
RelatedmangleC2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
manipulationC1manipulativemanipulatormankindB1manlinessmanly

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