younged
younged is the simple past and past participle of young.
Meaning of young
Verb
young (third-person singular simple present youngs, present participle younging, simple past and past participle younged)
- To become or seem to become younger.
- The aging (or younging) of a population refers to the fact that a population, as a unit of observation, is getting older (or younger).1993, Jacob S. Siegel, A Generation of Change, page 5
- To cause to appear younger.
- Medicare data was "younged" by a month to achieve conformity with the conventional completed ages recorded in the census.1984, US Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, page 74
- To exhibit younging.
- Shoshonitic magmatism younged southwards in the Superior Province, commensurate with the southwardly diachronous accretion of allochthonous subprovinces.1994, R. Kerrich, D.A. Wyman, “The mesothermal gold-lamprophyre association”, in Mineralogy and Petrology, →DOI
Questions about younged
- What is younged the simple past and past participle of?
- Younged is the simple past and past participle of young.
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