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youngen

youngen verb: to make or become young. Also the alternative form of youngin.

Verb

youngen (third-person singular simple present youngens, present participle youngening, simple past and past participle youngened)

  1. (ambitransitive, nonstandard) To make or become young.
    • He was firm in his conviction that shrubs had to be "youngened" at least once a year.1949, Mary Deputy Lamson, Landscape with Shrubs and Flowering Trees, page 273
    • Reba's smoothened youngened voice now offered sufficient room so it'd hammock all desire.2010, Allan Gurganus, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, page 579
    Synonyms:
    youthen

Also used as

youngen is also the alternative form of youngin.

Synonyms of youngen

Antonyms

Forms of youngen

Verb
third-person singular presentyoungens
present participleyoungening
past participleyoungened
pastyoungened
Noun
pluralyoungens

Origin of youngen

From young + -en.

See youngin.

Words formed from youngen

Questions about youngen

What does youngen mean?
Youngen means to make or become young.
What part of speech is youngen?
Youngen is a verb.
What is the past tense of youngen?
The past tense of youngen is youngened.

Words near youngen in the dictionary

  1. youngcels
  2. Youngdahl
  3. Youngdahls
  4. younge
  5. younged
  6. youngen
  7. youngened
  8. youngening
  9. youngens
  10. younger
  11. younger brother

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