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denizened

denizened is the simple past and past participle of denizen.

Meaning of denizen

Verb

denizen (third-person singular simple present denizens, present participle denizening, simple past and past participle denizened)

  1. (UK, historical, transitive) To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
    • He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.
  2. (transitive) To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
    • There were a few islets in the sand […] . These were at once denizened by the Calotropis, Argemone, Tamarix, Gnaphalium luteoalbum and two other species […] .1849, Joseph Dalton Hooker, “Extracts from the Private Letters of Dr. J. D. Hooker, written during a Botanical Mission to India” in William Jackson Hooker (editor), Hooker’s Journal of Botany and Kew...

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Questions about denizened

What is denizened the simple past and past participle of?
Denizened is the simple past and past participle of denizen.

Words near denizened in the dictionary

  1. denize
  2. denized
  3. denizen
  4. denizenation
  5. denizenations
  6. denizened
  7. denizening
  8. denizenize
  9. denizenized
  10. denizenizes
  11. denizenizing

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