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cloudening

cloudening is the present participle and gerund of clouden.

Meaning of clouden

Verb

clouden (third-person singular simple present cloudens, present participle cloudening, simple past and past participle cloudened)

  1. (ambitransitive, figuratively, sometimes) To make or become cloudy or clouded.
    • […] but this served only to deprave his faculties, and to clouden his reason.1804, William Fordyce Mavor, Universal History, Ancient and Modern

Questions about cloudening

What is cloudening the present participle and gerund of?
Cloudening is the present participle and gerund of clouden.

Words near cloudening in the dictionary

  1. clouded yellow
  2. clouded yellows
  3. cloudedly
  4. clouden
  5. cloudened
  6. cloudening
  7. cloudens
  8. clouder
  9. clouders
  10. cloudery
  11. Cloudesley

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