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Definition of Halfen
1. a. Wanting half its due qualities.
Definition of Halfen
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Lacking half of its due qualities. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Halfen
1. half [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halfen
Literary usage of Halfen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geschichte Des Altgermanischen und Namentlich Altbairischen Oeffentlich by Georg Ludwig von Mauer (1824)
"... vertheidigen halfen, wie die folgende Zeit lehrt, keineswegs ausgeschlossen
waren, und in Civil- ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"English. halfen! (hä'fn), a. [Appar. < half + -en», but due to halfen- in ...
halfen eye did wyle. His halfen e-ijf, he wiled wondrous well, ..."
3. Anfangsgrunde Der Praktischen Mechanik Der Bürgerlichen und Kriegskunst by Georg Simon Kluegel (1807)
"... ben halfen AB (Fig. 4. ... halfen, bie Peine £>ana,eí faule ^aben. ...
übrigen halfen on E mit ..."
4. The Novelist's Magazine (1785)
"Abon halfen remembered very well that the caliph, when he took him into the
palace, pro- mifed never to let him want any thing. ..."
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