lippen

[ lip-uhn ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to trust (a person).

  2. to entrust (something) to a person.

verb (used without object)
  1. to have confidence, faith, or trust.

Origin of lippen

1
1125–75; Middle English lipnen, earlier lipnien

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How to use lippen in a sentence

  • I aye telled the gudeman ye meant weel to him; but he taks the tout at every bit lippening word.

    Bride of Lammermoor | Sir Walter Scott
  • So he bowed, and expressed a hope that he was ‘all that could be desired in the lippening way.’

    The Disentanglers | Andrew Lang