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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The taikle was stoot, ye'll obsairve, or else he be tae hae broken me; but tak' my word for't, Geordie is no the man for tae lippen tae feckless taikle.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald
She cudna be in sic a mist o' benevolence and parritch hertitness gien she cud lippen till a wiser.
From The Marquis of Lossie by MacDonald, George
I ken no ill to lay till her chairge, but I winna lippen till her.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
Ye'll beguile nane but them that lippen to ye.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
Ye may put that in when ye get intil yer pulpit, and then ye'll deceive none but them that lippen till ye.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir
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