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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEEN, n. [infra.] Grief; sorrow. [Not in use.]
TEEN, v.t. To excite; to provoke., [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years" [syn: adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged] n
1: a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity [syn: adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English tene, from Old English t?ona injury, grief; akin to Old Norse tj?n loss, damage Date: 13th century archaic misery, affliction II. noun Date: 1818 a teenage person ; teenager • teen adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. = TEENAGE. --n. = TEENAGER. Etymology: abbr. of TEENAGE, TEENAGER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Teen Teen, v. t. [AS. te['o]nian, t?nan, to slander, vex. [root]64. See Teen, n.] To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Teen Teen, v. t. [See Tine to shut.] To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Teen Teen, n. [OE. tene, AS. te['o]na reproach, wrong, fr. te['o]n to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. gateihan to tell, announce, L. dicere to say. See Token.] Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Spenser. With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone. --M. Arnold.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(teens) 1. If you are in your teens, you are between thirteen and nineteen years old. Most people who smoke began smoking in their teens... N-PLURAL: with supp, usu poss N 2. Teen is used to describe things such as films, magazines, bands, or activities that are aimed at or are done by people who are in their teens. ...a teen movie starring George Carlin... = teenage ADJ: ADJ n