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forharden

forharden verb: to make hard; harden up.

Verb

forharden (third-person singular simple present forhardens, present participle forhardening, simple past and past participle forhardened)

  1. (transitive) To make hard; harden up.
    • They become forhardened, and shaking of the fears of God, do therewithal cast away the hope of salvation.1572, Golding, Calvin
    • With the old C-22 chemicals you had to "forharden" the film in order to not have the emulsion come off during processing.2004, M. Kevin Johnson, c-22 to B&W - Photo.net Film and Processing Forum

Forms of forharden

third-person singular presentforhardens
present participleforhardening
past participleforhardened
pastforhardened

Origin of forharden

From for- + harden. Compare forhard.

Questions about forharden

What does forharden mean?
Forharden means to make hard; harden up.
What part of speech is forharden?
Forharden is a verb.
What is the past tense of forharden?
The past tense of forharden is forhardened.

Words near forharden in the dictionary

  1. forhaling
  2. Forhan
  3. forhang
  4. forhard
  5. forharded
  6. forharden
  7. forharding
  8. forhards
  9. forhare
  10. forharing
  11. forheld

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