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rudened

rudened is the simple past and past participle of ruden.

Meaning of ruden

Verb

ruden (third-person singular simple present rudens, present participle rudening, simple past and past participle rudened)

  1. (transitive) To make rude; make raw, simplified, or more robust; toughen.
    • None ever voyaged the wild sea of Life / Less warped and rudened by its stormy strife, […]1984, The Poetic Works of Charles Harpur

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Questions about rudened

What is rudened the simple past and past participle of?
Rudened is the simple past and past participle of ruden.

Words near rudened in the dictionary

  1. rudelier
  2. rudeling
  3. rudelings
  4. rudely
  5. ruden
  6. rudened
  7. rudeness
  8. rudenesses
  9. rudening
  10. rudenkoite
  11. Rudens

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