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sprucening

sprucening is the present participle and gerund of sprucen.

Meaning of sprucen

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).

Phrases with sprucening

Questions about sprucening

What is sprucening the present participle and gerund of?
Sprucening is the present participle and gerund of sprucen.

Words near sprucening in the dictionary

  1. sprucen
  2. sprucen up
  3. sprucened
  4. sprucened up
  5. spruceness
  6. sprucening
  7. sprucening up
  8. sprucens
  9. sprucens up
  10. sprucer
  11. sprucery

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sprucening (page history and authors); sprucen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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