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souren

souren verb: to make or become sour.

Verb

souren (third-person singular simple present sourens, present participle sourening, simple past and past participle sourened)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To make or become sour.
    • But now that peoples ^([sic]) minds began to souren against the government, there hapen'd an accident which encreas'd that distemper to a great degree.1816, James Stanier Clarke, The Life of James the Second King of England Etc, page 119

Forms of souren

third-person singular presentsourens
present participlesourening
past participlesourened
pastsourened

Origin of souren

From sour + -en.

Questions about souren

What does souren mean?
Souren means to make or become sour.
What part of speech is souren?
Souren is a verb.
What is the past tense of souren?
The past tense of souren is sourened.

Words near souren in the dictionary

  1. soured creams
  2. soured milk
  3. soured milks
  4. soured on
  5. souredness
  6. souren
  7. sourened
  8. sourening
  9. sourens
  10. sourer
  11. sourers

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