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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hotten en · VERB

Etymology

From hot + -en.

Meanings

  1. (nonstandard, transitive) To make hot
    • Jackson nodded gravely. He looked so vain and upright and godly that Hooch couldn't resist it, he hottened up the chair under Jackson just a little, just enough that Jackson had to wiggle his butt. 2009, Orson Scott Card, Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker, page 22:

Forms

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hottened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hottened Tense=Past lexicographic
hottening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hottens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic