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English
Etymology
From safe + -en.
Verb
safen (third-person singular simple present safens, present participle safening, simple past and past participle safened)
- (transitive) To make safe.
2002, Malachy Doyle, Georgie, page 12:She used to safen me when I was smaller, when I came here first. Her long, dark hair was my hiding place from the outside world.
2016, Kathryn Stockett, The Help, page 189:I take a deep breath because his knowing Cora Blue seems to safen things up a little.
- (transitive) To protect a crop from injury from a herbicide by adding a safener.
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French saphène.
Noun
safen f (uncountable)
- (anatomy) saphenous vein
Declension
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References
- safen in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN