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crudened

crudened is the simple past and past participle of cruden.

Meaning of cruden

Verb

cruden (third-person singular simple present crudens, present participle crudening, simple past and past participle crudened)

  1. (transitive) To make crude
    • We saw how the interconnectedness of primitive impulse and cultural splendour was less forcefully, indeed almost obscurely, expressed through a scholarly excursus which could hardly compete in impact with the 'magnificent blond beast lustfully prowling after booty and victory'; and we saw how the...1978, Malcolm Pasley, Nietzsche: Imagery and Thought : a Collection of Essays, page 175

Questions about crudened

What is crudened the simple past and past participle of?
Crudened is the simple past and past participle of cruden.

Words near crudened in the dictionary

  1. Crudelli
  2. Crudellis
  3. crudely
  4. cruden
  5. Cruden Bay
  6. crudened
  7. crudeness
  8. crudenesses
  9. crudening
  10. crudens
  11. cruder

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