costen

From Middle English costnien, from Old English costnian, subsidiary form of Old English costian (“to tempt, try, prove, examine”), from Proto-Germanic *kustōną (“to try, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to enjoy, taste”). Cognate with German kosten (“to taste”). More at choose.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.sən/

costen (third-person singular simple present costens, present participle costening, simple past and past participle costened)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To try; tempt.

• costning

• Contés, Tecson, c notes, c-notes, centos, socnet

costen

1. third-person plural present indicative form of costar