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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Ye're like the dead folk o' Earlstoun—no to lippen to.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
"Weel," returned Mrs Mellis, with a curious mixture of deference and conscious sagacity in her tone, "a' 'at I tak upo' me to say is—Think ye twice afore ye lippen to that Jean o' yours."
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
"Whan fowk winna lippen to me—" said Phemy and ceased.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
“Ay, I think I may lippen her to you, since ye have carried her before.”
From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by G. H. (George Henry) Edwards
‘But it seems you are to lippen to.’
From The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang
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