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smallened

smallened is the simple past and past participle of smallen.

Meaning of smallen

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

Questions about smallened

What is smallened the simple past and past participle of?
Smallened is the simple past and past participle of smallen.

Words near smallened in the dictionary

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

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