costen
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Etymology[edit]
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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costen (third-person singular simple present costens, present participle costening, simple past and past participle costened)
- (transitive, obsolete) To try; tempt.
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