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swartening

swartening is the present participle and gerund 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 swartening

What is swartening the present participle and gerund of?
Swartening is the present participle and gerund of swarten.

Words near swartening in the dictionary

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

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