oldening

Verb

olden (third-person singular simple present oldens, present participle oldening, simple past and past participle oldened)

1. (dated, intransitive, rare) To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.
   • Of all Sedley's opponents in his debates with his creditors which now ensued, and harassed the feelings of the humiliated old gentleman so severely, that in six weeks he oldened more than he had done for fifteen years before—the most determined and obstinate seemed to be John Osborne, his old...1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   elden, mature

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