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wealthen

wealthen verb: to add wealth to; make wealthy.

Verb

wealthen (third-person singular simple present wealthens, present participle wealthening, simple past and past participle wealthened)

  1. (rare, transitive) To add wealth to; make wealthy
    • Lake Michigan and the railroads have made the city great. Much as the lakes have contributed to bless and to wealthen the town, its railroads today are of more importance to it than Lake Michigan and connecting waters.1910, Santa Fe Employes' Magazine, volume 5, page 67
    • The symbiosis with museum wealthened the Riga City library […]2002, Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences

Forms of wealthen

third-person singular presentwealthens
present participlewealthening
past participlewealthened
pastwealthened

Origin of wealthen

From wealth + -en.

Questions about wealthen

What does wealthen mean?
Wealthen means to add wealth to; make wealthy.
What part of speech is wealthen?
Wealthen is a verb.
What is the past tense of wealthen?
The past tense of wealthen is wealthened.

Words near wealthen in the dictionary

  1. wealsmen
  2. wealth
  3. wealth tax
  4. wealth taxes
  5. wealthe
  6. wealthen
  7. wealthens
  8. wealthfare
  9. wealthful
  10. wealthfully
  11. wealthier

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