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swiften

swiften verb: to make or become swifter or faster; to hasten.

Verb

swiften (third-person singular simple present swiftens, present participle swiftening, simple past and past participle swiftened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become swifter or faster; to hasten.

Forms of swiften

third-person singular presentswiftens
present participleswiftening
past participleswiftened
pastswiftened

Origin of swiften

From swift + -en.

Questions about swiften

What does swiften mean?
Swiften means to make or become swifter or faster; to hasten.
What part of speech is swiften?
Swiften is a verb.
What is the past tense of swiften?
The past tense of swiften is swiftened.

Words near swiften in the dictionary

  1. swiftboat
  2. swiftboated
  3. swiftboating
  4. swiftboats
  5. Swiftdom
  6. swiften
  7. swiftened
  8. swiftening
  9. swiftens
  10. swifter
  11. swiftered

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