"sprucen" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sprucens [present, singular, third-person], sprucening [participle, present], sprucened [participle, past], sprucened [past]
Etymology: From spruce + -en. Etymology templates: {{af|en|spruce|-en|id2=inchoative}} spruce + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} sprucen (third-person singular simple present sprucens, present participle sprucening, simple past and past participle sprucened)
  1. (usually with up) To arrange neatly; tidy up. Tags: usually, with-up
    Sense id: en-sprucen-en-verb-SkSCmCdC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 77 23
  2. (transitive, intransitive, usually with up) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance). Tags: intransitive, transitive, usually, with-up
    Sense id: en-sprucen-en-verb-bZxS7gS8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sprucen up

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sprucen meaning in English (1.7kB)

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