Fromvast +-en(verbal suffix).
vasten (third-person singular simple presentvastens,present participlevastening,simple past and past participlevastened)
- (rare, ambitransitive) To make or becomevast
1871,The Sunday Magazine, page425:And while I gazed in wonder and incipient alarm, straightway the throne and the king seemed strangely to blend into one, and then to grow and expand on all sides; and stillvastening, and ever morevastening, it presently rose from the earth, self-moved, tremulous in every part with life, huge, dreadful, with deep rifts, and chasms, and gulfs of darkness.
FromMiddle Dutchvasten, fromOld Dutch*faston, fromProto-West Germanic*fastēn, fromProto-Germanic*fastāną.
vasten
- tofast
FromMiddle Dutchvastene f, fromOld Dutch*fastunna, fromProto-Germanic*fastubniją,*fastubnijō, from*fastāną(“to fast”). Cognate withOld Saxonfastunnia,Gothic𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌽𐌹(fastubni).
vasten m orn (uncountable,nodiminutive)
- fast (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
Singular instructive ofvasta-.
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑsten/,[ˈʋɑ̝s̠te̞n]
- Rhymes:-ɑsten
- Syllabification(key):vas‧ten
- Hyphenation(key):vas‧ten
vasten [withpartitive]
- against(in physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by)
Lapio nojasi seinäävasten.- The shovel was leaningagainst the wall.
- against(in physical opposition to; in collision with)
Vene törmäsi kalliotavasten.- The boat crashedagainst the rocks.
- against(of a position, against a background)
Katso sitä valoavasten, niin näet, mitä tarkoitan.- Look at itagainst the light, and you will see what I mean.
- preceding,before(immediately before)
- Synonym:ennen
Se tapahtui torstaitavasten yöllä.- It happened in the night preceding Thursday.
- towards,against(to a direction)
- Synonyms:vastaan,kohti
Kapteeni ohjasi keulan tuultavasten.- The captain steered the bowtowards the wind.
- against(intentionally overruling)
- Synonym:vastoin
Hän toimi selkeää kieltoavasten.- He actedagainst a clear prohibition.
- (dialectal)synonym ofvarten(“for (a purpose)”)
- (dialectal)synonym ofvastaan(“against (in opposition to, opposing)”)
Taistelimme intiaanejavasten kolme päivää ja yötä.- We foughtagainst the Indians for three days and nights.
Can also be used as a preposition without any change in meaning, but use as a postposition is significantly more common.
vasten
- (colloquial, dialectal)synonym ofvastaan(“against (in opposition of)”)
En olevasten.- I'm notagainst.
FromOld Dutch*faston, fromProto-West Germanic*fastēn.
vasten
- tofast
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