costen

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To try; tempt. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

costens present,singular,third-person costening participle,present costened participle,past costened past

词源

From Middle English costnien, from Old English costnian, subsidiary form of Old English costian (“to tempt, try, prove, examine”), from Proto-Germanic *kustōną (“to try, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to enjoy, taste”). Cognate with German kosten (“to taste”). More at choose.
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