douen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === dowen, duhen, duȝen === Etymology 1 === From Old English dugan, from Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈduːən/ ==== Verb ==== douen (ambitransitive) To be helpful or beneficial; to have worthiness or use (for something) (impersonal) To be appropriate or suitable for a given situation. (intransitive, rare) To be mighty, bold, or hardy. (intransitive, rare) To attain victory or success; to win. (transitive, rare) To be able to (perform an act). ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: dow (obsolete) Scots: dow ===== References ===== “dǒuen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 October 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old French douer. ==== Verb ==== douen alternative form of dowen