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healthen

healthen verb: to add health to; make whole or healthy; strengthen.

Verb

healthen (third-person singular simple present healthens, present participle healthening, simple past and past participle healthened)

  1. (transitive) To add health to; make whole or healthy; strengthen.
    • […] bartenders made useful citizens, and young men prepared to meet their responsibilities as men educated, healthened and rightened through it.1912, Association Men, volume 38, page 171

Forms of healthen

third-person singular presenthealthens
present participlehealthening
past participlehealthened
pasthealthened

Origin of healthen

From health + -en.

Questions about healthen

What does healthen mean?
Healthen means to add health to; make whole or healthy; strengthen.
What part of speech is healthen?
Healthen is a verb.
What is the past tense of healthen?
The past tense of healthen is healthened.

Words near healthen in the dictionary

  1. healthcares
  2. healthcentre
  3. healthcentres
  4. healthcraft
  5. healthe
  6. healthen
  7. healthened
  8. healthening
  9. healthens
  10. healthes
  11. healthfood

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