"nighten" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: nightens [present, singular, third-person], nightening [participle, present], nightened [participle, past], nightened [past]
Etymology: From night + -en. Etymology templates: {{af|en|night|-en|id2=inchoative}} night + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} nighten (third-person singular simple present nightens, present participle nightening, simple past and past participle nightened)
  1. (intransitive) To become night or grow dark, as night. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-nighten-en-verb-TqNi2dHZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for nighten meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)

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