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swartened

swartened is the simple past and past participle of swarten.

Meaning of swarten

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

Questions about swartened

What is swartened the simple past and past participle of?
Swartened is the simple past and past participle of swarten.

Words near swartened in the dictionary

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

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