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grayen

grayen is the alternative form of greyen.

Meaning of greyen

Verb

greyen (third-person singular simple present greyens, present participle greyening, simple past and past participle greyened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become grey
    • […] he sometimes saw, between him and the ground, lightening the darkness, greyening the leaves and, in wet weather, tinseling the rain, a fascia of white light.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

Forms of grayen

third-person singular presentgrayens
present participlegrayening
past participlegrayened
pastgrayened

Origin of grayen

From gray + -en.

Questions about grayen

What is grayen the alternative form of?
Grayen is the alternative form of greyen.

Words near grayen in the dictionary

  1. graycoats
  2. Graydon
  3. grayed
  4. grayed out
  5. grayed-out
  6. grayen
  7. grayened
  8. grayening
  9. grayens
  10. grayer
  11. Grayers

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