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wilden en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈwaɪldən/

Etymology

From wild + -en.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) to make or become wild or wilder
   • His alembic furnished Highland spring water. We sat for a while in companionable silence. The weather wildened. 2010, Poul Anderson, Operation Luna:
   • In any event, our relations with Dorthillion have become poor since the ways have wildened. 2011, K. S. Mulholland, Varlarsaga, volume 2, page 114:
   • The glorification of the business-man which is the effect of the present government's capital profits, expense account and pension fund policies is ‘wildening’ our capitalism. 1965, Wayland Hilton Young, Wayland Kennet, Thirty-four Articles, page 70:

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