lippen
Americanverb (used with object)
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to trust (a person).
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to entrust (something) to a person.
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of lippen
1125–75; Middle English lipnen, earlier lipnien
Example Sentences
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‘But it seems you are to lippen to.’
From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew
Ye're like the dead folk o' Earlstoun—no to lippen to.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
He has a gude judgment that doesna lippen to his ain.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
But I’ll never lippen to it again, Sae lang’s the grass is green.
From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard
I wad as sune lippen to the dottle o' a pipe amo' dry strae.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
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