Washen
Origin
From Middle English washen, ywashen ("washed", past participle of washen ("to wash").), from Old English wascen, Ä¡ewascen ("washed", past participle of wascan ("to wash").), equivalent to wash + -en. Cognate with Dutch gewassen ("washed, washen"), German gewaschen ("washed, washen"). More at wash.
Verb
- (archaic) Form of Alternative past participle.
- unknown date, John Splendid, The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of LornI've had my chance of common life, city and town, and the company of ladies with broidery and camisole and washen faces
- unknown date, The Works of the Rev. Hugh BinningAre ye made clean and washen from the guilt of your sins?
Full definition of washen
Adjective
washen
- (archaic) clean
- 1926, Sir Robert Chalmers, Further dialogues of the Buddha, He becomes washen by washing away evil and wrong states.
- 1975, Neil Miller Gunn, Morning tide, Morag put on a third petticoat, of a more washen red than the second, but this one would not fix without its safety-pin.