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gen | gern |

As a noun gen

is chin.

As a verb gern is

(obsolete) to grin.

gen

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A Niger-Congo language of Togo.

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    Etymology 2

    * Shortened from new generation, from (etyl) "generazione nuova"

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement

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    gern

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To grin.
  • (obsolete) To yawn.
  • * Spenser
    • [He] gaped like a gulf when he did gern .
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