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English
Etymology
From cold + -en. Compare Middle English colden (“to colden”), from Old English cealdian (“to colden”). More at cold.
Pronunciation
Verb
colden (third-person singular simple present coldens, present participle coldening, simple past and past participle coldened)
- (Scotland, transitive, intransitive, sometimes figurative) To grow or make cold.
Even the snowboarding accident that he had last year that left him bedbound for 2 weeks did not seem to colden his passion for this sport.
- 1899, John Buchan, Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People :
- The air had coldened and a light chill wind rose from the river.
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English *caldian, cealdian.
Pronunciation
Verb
colden
- To grow or make cold; cool off.
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Adjective
colden
- Alternative form of golden