lain
see also: Lain
Pronunciation
Lain
Proper noun
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see also: Lain
Pronunciation
- IPA: /leɪn/
- past participle of lie#English|lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
- He had lain there for many hours.
- The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.
- German: gelegen
- Spanish: tumbado
lain (lains, present participle laining; past and past participle lained)
- (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about. [14th-19thc.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:22.1?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter j], in Le Morte Darthur, book XX:
- Also broder sir Agrauayne and sir mordred in lyke wyse sir Launcelot rescowed yow bothe and thre score and two from sir Turquyn / Me thynketh broder suche kynde dedes and kyndenes shold be remembryd / doo as ye lyst sayd syr Agrauayne for I wylle layne it no lenger
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:22.1?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter j], in Le Morte Darthur, book XX:
Lain
Proper noun
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