lien
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lien¹
- /liːn/
- /ˈliːən/
Sounds like lean ( · Rhymes with -iːn, -iːən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (“bond”), from ligō (“tie, bind”).
noun liens
- tendon
- A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged. […] every youth movement presents itself as loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are canceled.
lien²
- /ˈlaɪən/
Rhymes with -aɪən
verb lyen
- Alternative form of lain.lain And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done vnto vs? one of the people might lightly haue lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest haue brought guiltinesse vpon vs.”
lien³
- /ˈlaɪ.in/
- /ˈlaɪ.ən/
Rhymes with -aɪin, -aɪən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin liēn (“spleen”). Doublet of spleen.
noun lienes
- spleen (a ductless vascular gland) Li'enal. Pertaining to the lien or spleen; splenic.
