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 then it’s no’ our deserts we are to lippen to.
From Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
She's aye gabbin', an' claikin', an' cognostin' wi' the enemy, an' I canna lippen till her.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
"Ye're an honest man, Wull—but I wadna lippen a snuff mull 'at had mair nor ae pinch intill 't wi' yon cooard cratur ahin' ye."
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
Gien a man hearsna a word spoken til his ain sel', he has na the word to lippen til!
From Salted with Fire by George MacDonald
Lie in your bed and lippen to that.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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