"milden" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mildens [present, singular, third-person], mildening [participle, present], mildened [participle, past], mildened [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *mildijaz Old English mildeder. Middle English mildeder. English mild English -en English milden From mild + -en. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mild|-en<id:inchoative>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *mildijaz Old English mildeder. Middle English mildeder. English mild English -en English milden [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "mild", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "grind", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*melh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*mildijaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "milde", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "milde", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mild", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "inchoative", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-en", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "milden", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="milden"> From mild + -en. Head templates: {{en-verb}} milden (third-person singular simple present mildens, present participle mildening, simple past and past participle mildened)
  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become mild or milder. Tags: ambitransitive Derived forms: enmilden

Inflected forms

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