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swarten

swarten verb: to make swart, dark, or swarty; darken.

Verb

swarten (third-person singular simple present swartens, present participle swartening, simple past and past participle swartened)

  1. (transitive) to make swart, dark, or swarty; darken
    • Clad in rags, swartened by the sun, irritable, arrogant, and having at their head officers [...]1814, Adolphe Thiers, Historical Works
  2. (intransitive) to become dark; darken

Forms of swarten

third-person singular presentswartens
present participleswartening
past participleswartened
pastswartened

Origin of swarten

From swart + -en (verbal suffix).

Questions about swarten

What does swarten mean?
Swarten means to make swart, dark, or swarty; darken.
What part of speech is swarten?
Swarten is a verb.
What is the past tense of swarten?
The past tense of swarten is swartened.

Words near swarten in the dictionary

  1. swart
  2. swartbacks
  3. Swartberg
  4. Swartby
  5. swarted
  6. swarten
  7. swartened
  8. swartening
  9. swartens
  10. swarter
  11. swartest

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