crepen

Catalan

crepen

crepen

crepen

To move in a subtle or secretive way:
1. To creep close to the ground; to slither or crawl.
2. To move or walk on all four limbs.
3. To clamber; to scale or ascend a vertical surface.
4. To walk or move secretly and carefully.
To enter or depart; to experience the start or end of life.
To appear or disappear; to arrive or leave.
To burgle or rob; to loot a house or property.
(pathology) To become more dire or severe; to grow.
To kneel or bow down; to visibly humble oneself.
(rare) Of plants; to grow or sprout.
(rare) To feel a false feeling of movement inside oneself.

Conjugation of crepen (strong class 2 or weak in -te/-ed)

infinitive	(to) crepen, crepe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	crepe	crep, crop, crepte, creped
2nd-person singular	crepest	crope, crepe, crep, crop, creptest, crepedest
3rd-person singular	crepeth	crep, crop, crepte, creped
subjunctive singular	crepe	crope¹, crepe¹, crepte¹, creped¹
imperative singular	crepe	—

plural²	crepen, crepe	cropen, crope, crepen, crepe, crepten, crepte, crepeden, crepede
imperative plural	crepeth, crepe	—

participles	crepynge, crepende	cropen, crope, crept, creped, ycrope

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

“crẹ̄pen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

crepen

inflection of crepar:
1. third-person plural present subjunctive
2. third-person plural imperative

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