"clouden" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cloudens [present, singular, third-person], cloudening [participle, present], cloudened [participle, past], cloudened [past]
Etymology: From cloud + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cloud|-en|id2=inchoative}} cloud + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} clouden (third-person singular simple present cloudens, present participle cloudening, simple past and past participle cloudened)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, sometimes figurative) To make or become cloudy or clouded. Tags: figuratively, intransitive, sometimes, transitive
    Sense id: en-clouden-en-verb-BgkFFH~a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)

Inflected forms

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