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strangening

strangening is the present participle of strangen.

Meaning of strangen

Verb

strangen (third-person singular simple present strangens, present participle strangening, simple past and past participle strangened)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become strange.
    • […] such a silence, heavy and weird and motionless, was everywhere; such peace, honey-heavy, strangening the world!1929, Ella Young, The Tangle-coated Horse and Other Tales

Noun

strangening (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, rare) The act or process of making or becoming strange.
    • Of course this deliberate strangening was an artificial procedure, but based on the valid idea that it is the poem (or painting or building) that matters, so that you should make the most direct contact with it that you can, first as a physical object appealing to the senses, […]2009, Robert Harbison, Travels in the History of Architecture

Origin of strangening

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From strangen + -ing.

Questions about strangening

What does strangening mean?
Strangening means the act or process of making or becoming strange.
What is strangening the present participle of?
Strangening is the present participle of strangen.
What part of speech is strangening?
Strangening is a noun.

Words near strangening in the dictionary

  1. strangely
  2. strangely warmed
  3. strangen
  4. strangeness
  5. strangenesses
  6. strangening
  7. strangeon
  8. strangeon star
  9. strangeonia
  10. strangeonium
  11. strangeoniums

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