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youngen en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From young + -en.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive, nonstandard) To make or become young.
    • He was firm in his conviction that shrubs had to be "youngened" at least once a year. 1949, Mary Deputy Lamson, Landscape with Shrubs and Flowering Trees, page 273:
    • Reba's smoothened youngened voice now offered sufficient room so it'd hammock all desire. 2010, Allan Gurganus, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, page 579:

Forms

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youngens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
youngened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
youngened Tense=Past lexicographic
youngening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

olden

Deriveds

youngening

Synonyms

youthen

youngen en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

See youngin.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of youngin (“young person”).
    alt of youngin

Forms

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youngens Number=Plur lexicographic