# usen
## English
### Verb

usen
* (archaic or nonstandard) past participle of use

### Anagrams

* Enus, Neus, Suen

## Asturian
### Verb

usen
* inflection of usar:
** third-person plural present indicative
** third-person plural present subjunctive

## Catalan
### Verb

usen
* third-person plural present indicative of usar

## Galician
### Verb

usen
* inflection of usar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* (infinitive): us, use, usi, usie, uson, ues, uesen, ouse, huse, hoise, yowes, uise (chiefly in northern dialects), oise, oisin (East Anglia)
* (third-person singular simple present): useth, usit, uzeth (Kent)
* (plural simple present): usen, usun, usune, uzeth (Kent)
* (present participle): using, usinge, usint
* (singular simple past): used, usede, usedde, usit, uisit (chiefly in northern dialects)
* (plural simple past): used, usede, useden, usuden (West Midlands), usut, uiseden (early Middle English, in southwestern dialects), uset (late Middle English)
* (past participle): used, usede, iused, iusede, uset, usude, ussede, ussit, uszed, ewsyd, iuised (West Midlands), iuzed (Kent), usith (error), wysed (error)

### Etymology

From the Old French user, usser, uiser, huser, and the Anglo-Norman usier.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiu̯zən/

### Verb

usen
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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#### Derived terms

* usedestou

#### Descendants

* English: use

#### References

* “ūsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈusen/ [ˈu.sẽn]
* Rhymes: -usen
* Syllabification: u‧sen

### Verb

usen
* inflection of usar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative