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tartened

tartened is the simple past and past participle of tarten.

Meaning of tarten

Verb

tarten (third-person singular simple present tartens, present participle tartening, simple past and past participle tartened)

  1. (transitive) To make tart or bitter
    • These faults in a scholar tend to tarten the writing, to enliven the reader.1956, Library Journal, volume 81, page 2257
  2. (intransitive) To become tart or bitter
    • […] her sweetness tartened as one side of her clutched loyalty, the other love.1928, The Second American Caravan: A Yearbook of American Literature

Questions about tartened

What is tartened the simple past and past participle of?
Tartened is the simple past and past participle of tarten.

Words near tartened in the dictionary

  1. tarted up
  2. tartelette
  3. tartelettes
  4. tartemorion
  5. tarten
  6. tartened
  7. tartening
  8. tartens
  9. tarter
  10. Tarters
  11. tartes tatin

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