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whetten

whetten verb: to whet.

Verb

whetten (third-person singular simple present whettens, present participle whettening, simple past and past participle whettened)

  1. (rare, transitive) To whet.

Forms of whetten

third-person singular presentwhettens
present participlewhettening
past participlewhettened
pastwhettened

Origin of whetten

From whet (past participle) + -en.

Questions about whetten

What does whetten mean?
Whetten means to whet.
What part of speech is whetten?
Whetten is a verb.
What is the past tense of whetten?
The past tense of whetten is whettened.

Words near whetten in the dictionary

  1. whetstoning
  2. Whettam
  3. Whettams
  4. whetted
  5. whetted someone's appetite
  6. whetten
  7. whettens
  8. whetter
  9. whetters
  10. whetting
  11. whetting someone's appetite

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