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 I’ll never lippen to it again, Sae lang’s the grass is green.
From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Richard Doyle
"I wadna hae ye lippen till me afore ye had my word," said Malcolm.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
“I would lippen to5 Eli’s word—ay, if it was the Chevalier, or Appin himsel’,” he added.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
This strange lad was handsome and good-tempered; but, as she reflected, and not unfrequently said, "good looks and a laugh and a song, are not things to lippen to for housekeeping."
From A Knight of the Nets by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Your brother Norman is like him, the rest o’ you arena to lippen to—at a’ times.”
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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