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English
Verb
growen
- (obsolete) past participle of grow
1592, Philippe de Mornay, A Discourse of Life and Death:Our soule deliuered out of this foule & filthie prison, where, by long continuing it is growen into an habite of crookednes, shall againe draw her owne breath, recognize her ancient dwelling, and againe remember her former glory & dignity.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English grōwan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōan.
Pronunciation
Verb
growen
- To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):
- To spring up; grow from nothing.
- (often of people) to grow up; to mature.
- To come into existence; to arise.
- To increase; to magnify:
- To increase in amount; to multiply.
- To increasingly take on an attribute.
- To become stronger or more powerful.
- (of plants) To thrive; to flourish.
- To become older; to age.
- (finance) To go or pass (to, of money)
- To exist; to be present (somewhere)
Usage notes
- Weak forms are sometimes found, as in dialectal Modern English.
- The causative sense ("cause to grow, make grow") so common in Modern English grow is almost nonexistent in growen.
Conjugation
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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