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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English meltan (strong class 3), from Proto-West Germanic *meltan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną; reinforced by Old English mieltan, myltan (weak class 1).
Pronunciation
Verb
melten (third-person singular simple present melteth, present participle meltynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative malt, past participle molten)
- To melt (change from solid to liquid):
- To blend or fuse (of metal or glass).
- (by extension) To dissolve, disperse, or vanish.
- To mollify; to repent or become caring:
- To cause to repent or become caring.
- To weaken; to be sapped of strength.
- To decay; to become wasted or decomposed.
- (rare) To be heated (of meat).
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) melten, melte
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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melte
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malt, melted
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| 2nd-person singular
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meltest
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molte, melte, malt, meltedest
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| 3rd-person singular
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melteth
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malt, melted
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| subjunctive singular
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melte
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molte1, melte1, melted1
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| imperative singular
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| plural2
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melten, melte
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molten, molte, melten, melte, melteden, meltede
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| imperative plural
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melteth, melte
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| participles
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meltynge, meltende
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molten, molte, melten, melte, melted
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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