scarcen
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
scarcen (third-person singular simple present scarcens, present participle scarcening, simple past and past participle scarcened)
- (intransitive, dialectal) to become scarce
- (transitive, dialectal) to make scarce, meager, or lean
- 1909, Amy Ella Blanchard, Wit's End, page 233:
- "Cap'n Ben says that the steamboats and launches are beginning to scarcen the mackerel and that they are not so plentiful this year as usual."
References
- “scarcen, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, April 2015.
Anagrams
Middle English
Verb
scarcen
- Alternative form of sarsen