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rudening

rudening is the present participle and gerund 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 rudening

What is rudening the present participle and gerund of?
Rudening is the present participle and gerund of ruden.

Words near rudening in the dictionary

  1. rudely
  2. ruden
  3. rudened
  4. rudeness
  5. rudenesses
  6. rudening
  7. rudenkoite
  8. Rudens
  9. rudented
  10. rudenture
  11. rudentures

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