youngen en · VERB · etymology 1
Etymology
From young + -en.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| youngens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| youngened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| youngened | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| youngening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |