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sprucen

sprucen verb: to arrange neatly; tidy up.

Verb

sprucen (third-person singular simple present sprucens, present participle sprucening, simple past and past participle sprucened)

  1. (usually, with-up) To arrange neatly; tidy up.
  2. (ambitransitive, usually, with-up) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).

Forms of sprucen

third-person singular presentsprucens
present participlesprucening
past participlesprucened
pastsprucened

Origin of sprucen

From spruce + -en.

Words formed from sprucen

Questions about sprucen

What does sprucen mean?
Sprucen means to arrange neatly; tidy up.
What part of speech is sprucen?
Sprucen is a verb.
What is the past tense of sprucen?
The past tense of sprucen is sprucened.

Words near sprucen in the dictionary

  1. spruce up
  2. spruced
  3. spruced up
  4. spruceless
  5. sprucely
  6. sprucen
  7. sprucen up
  8. sprucened
  9. sprucened up
  10. spruceness
  11. sprucening

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