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unharden

unharden verb: to soften.

Verb

unharden (third-person singular simple present unhardens, present participle unhardening, simple past and past participle unhardened)

  1. (transitive) To soften.

Forms of unharden

third-person singular presentunhardens
present participleunhardening
past participleunhardened
pastunhardened

Origin of unharden

From un- + harden.

Questions about unharden

What does unharden mean?
Unharden means to soften.
What part of speech is unharden?
Unharden is a verb.
What is the past tense of unharden?
The past tense of unharden is unhardened.

Words near unharden in the dictionary

  1. unharbour
  2. unharboured
  3. unharbouring
  4. unharbours
  5. unhard
  6. unharden
  7. unharden'd
  8. unhardenable
  9. unhardened
  10. unhardening
  11. unhardens

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