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Definition of keen verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

keen

verb

NAmE//kin//

[intransitive] (usually used in the progressive tenses)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they keen

he / she / it keens

past simple keened

-ing form keening

(old-fashioned) to make a loud, high, sad sound, when someone has died

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