safen

From safe +‎ -en.

safen (third-person singular simple present safens, present participle safening, simple past and past participle safened)

1. (transitive) To make safe.
   • 2002, Malachy Doyle, Georgie, page 12:

     She used to safen me when I was smaller, when I came here first. Her long, dark hair was my hiding place from the outside world.

   • 2016, Kathryn Stockett, The Help, page 189:

     I take a deep breath because his knowing Cora Blue seems to safen things up a little.

2. (transitive) To protect a crop from injury from a herbicide by adding a safener.

• safener

• “safen”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Fanes, NEFAs, fanes

Borrowed from French saphène.

safen m or n (feminine singular safenă, masculine plural safeni, feminine and neuter plural safene)

1. (anatomy) saphenous

safen m (plural safeni)

1. (anatomy) saphenous vein

• safen in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN