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slowened

slowened is the simple past and past participle of slowen.

Meaning of slowen

Verb

slowen (third-person singular simple present slowens, present participle slowening, simple past and past participle slowened)

  1. (ambitransitive, nonstandard) To make or become slow
    • Muscarin has a similar action to nicotine on the chromatophorcs, but the effect is not so well marked; it would appear to slowen the circulation and to increase the secretions.1880, Sir Frank Crisp, Francis Jeffrey Bell, Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society

Questions about slowened

What is slowened the simple past and past participle of?
Slowened is the simple past and past participle of slowen.

Words near slowened in the dictionary

  1. slowed in
  2. slowed off
  3. slowed out
  4. slowed up
  5. slowen
  6. slowened
  7. slowening
  8. slowens
  9. slower
  10. slower than molasses
  11. slower than molasses in January

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