Meaning & use
Holpen
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An archaic past participle of "help," meaning helped or aided.
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The King James Bible reads, "He hath holpen his servant Israel."
In the old ballad, the knight was holpen by a mysterious stranger.
A note on using this word
Holpen survived into Early Modern English as the past participle of "help" before being replaced by the now-standard "helped"; it lingers mainly in older texts like the King James Bible.
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hindered
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