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smallen

smallen verb: to make or become small; diminish.

Verb

smallen (third-person singular simple present smallens, present participle smallening, simple past and past participle smallened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become small; diminish
    • And Ywain looked down in his wheeling, and there was the city of Dœdala very far beneath him, and it smallened and darkened continually, so that save for the moonlight upon the towers he had soon seen it no more.1914, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 196, page 193
    • Do you feel you will be smallening yourself, Norman, if you examine your childhood?2015, August Franza, The Life I Had in Mind

Forms of smallen

third-person singular presentsmallens
present participlesmallening
past participlesmallened
pastsmallened

Origin of smallen

From small + -en.

Questions about smallen

What does smallen mean?
Smallen means to make or become small; diminish.
What part of speech is smallen?
Smallen is a verb.
What is the past tense of smallen?
The past tense of smallen is smallened.

Words near smallen in the dictionary

  1. smalldoms
  2. Smalldon
  3. Smalldons
  4. smalle
  5. smalled
  6. smallen
  7. smallened
  8. smallening
  9. smallens
  10. smaller
  11. smaller European elm bark beetle

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