"densen" meaning in English

See densen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: densens [present, singular, third-person], densening [participle, present], densened [participle, past], densened [past]
Etymology: From dense + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dense|en|id2=inchoative}} dense + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} densen (third-person singular simple present densens, present participle densening, simple past and past participle densened)
  1. (intransitive) To become dense or more dense. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: densening Related terms: densitize

Inflected forms

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