"scarcen" meaning in English

See scarcen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈskɛːsən/ [UK], /ˈskɛɚsən/ [US] Forms: scarcens [present, singular, third-person], scarcening [participle, present], scarcened [participle, past], scarcened [past]
Etymology: From scarce + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scarce|en|id2=inchoative}} scarce + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} scarcen (third-person singular simple present scarcens, present participle scarcening, simple past and past participle scarcened)
  1. (intransitive, dialectal) to become scarce Tags: dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-scarcen-en-verb-De6cBHnv
  2. (transitive, dialectal) to make scarce, meager, or lean Tags: dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-scarcen-en-verb-mirNFpt6

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scarcen meaning in English (1.6kB)

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