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murkening

murkening is the present participle and gerund of murken.

Meaning of murken

Verb

murken (third-person singular simple present murkens, present participle murkening, simple past and past participle murkened)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become murky or dark.
    • With brooding forecast of the brumal blast,
      And treasures white poured from cold northern stores,
      A Sabbath restfulness is in the woods,
      A silent flow in Yarrow's murkened stream; […]1917, William Steven, Yarrow, page 130

Questions about murkening

What is murkening the present participle and gerund of?
Murkening is the present participle and gerund of murken.

Words near murkening in the dictionary

  1. murk out
  2. murked
  3. murked out
  4. murken
  5. murkened
  6. murkening
  7. murkens
  8. murker
  9. murkest
  10. murketing
  11. murkier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: murkening (page history and authors); murken (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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