youthen
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjuːθən/[1]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjuθən/
Verb
youthen (third-person singular simple present youthens, present participle youthening, simple past and past participle youthened)
- (transitive) To make younger or more youthful.
- 1897, George Egerton, Symphonies, page 97:
- It youthened her, melted the stark, hungry grip about her mouth.
- 1966, Congress for Cultural Freedom, Encounter, Volume 26, page 84:
- Mr. Wilson can hardly be unaware that once a writer chooses to youthen or resurrect a word, it lives again...
- (intransitive) To become younger or more youthful.
- 2008, Patrice Rancour, Tales from the Pager Chronicles, page 7:
- He nods, time traveling to a point when there were no central lines, no low blood counts, no immunosuppressive drugs. His face youthens momentarily as he bridges back to a point on a timeline that has none of this devastation on it.
References
- ^ “youthen, v.” under “youth, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1921.
