Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Half: used by Spenser in the phrase halfen eye to mean half-sight (that is, one eye).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Wanting half its due qualities.

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  • adjective obsolete Lacking half of its due qualities.

Etymologies

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From half.

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Examples

  • Syrien und Nordkorea halfen Iran bei Atomprogramm plö, Spiegel, 21 Jun 2008

    anonymous rubbish from germany 2008

  • Syrien und Nordkorea halfen Iran bei Atomprogramm plö, Spiegel, 21 Jun 2008

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  • The Tigers (14-11 overall, 1-5 district) scored the first nine points of the game in building a 15-point in the first halfen route to a District 27-5A victory over the Mustangs

    Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories 2010

  • if they would have wanted to make it look smoother, they could have used an old video technique: if you halfen the speed of the playback-sound on set, then shoot at 10fps, you could easely, in editing have fastened it up to 20 fps, so the dubbing is correct while having 20fps, which is way closer to the required 24/25fps for "fluent motion"

    World Debut: Hypernova Music Vid, Shot with Flash at 10 FPS 2009

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