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blightens

blightens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blighten.

Meaning of blighten

Verb

blighten (third-person singular simple present blightens, present participle blightening, simple past and past participle blightened)

  1. (transitive) To affect or infect with blight; (by extension) to hinder or impede the growth or development of; stunt.

Questions about blightens

What is blightens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Blightens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blighten.

Words near blightens in the dictionary

  1. blighted
  2. blightedly
  3. blighten
  4. blightened
  5. blightening
  6. blightens
  7. blighter
  8. blighters
  9. blightest
  10. blighteth
  11. blighties

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