"vasten" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: vastens [present, singular, third-person], vastening [participle, present], vastened [participle, past], vastened [past]
Etymology: From vast + -en (verbal suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|vast|-en|id2=inchoative|pos2=verbal suffix}} vast + -en (verbal suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} vasten (third-person singular simple present vastens, present participle vastening, simple past and past participle vastened)
  1. (rare, transitive, intransitive) To make or become vast Tags: intransitive, rare, transitive
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