keen
adjective
finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily.
have keened
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present perfectof keen.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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My sight is gone from me with looking at the grave of Naoise; it is short till my life will leave me, and those who would have keened me do not live.
From The Kiltartan Poetry Book; prose translations from the Irish by Lady Gregory
