"whetten" meaning in English

See whetten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: whettens [present, singular, third-person], whettening [participle, present], whettened [participle, past], whettened [past]
Etymology: From whet (past participle) + -en. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|whet|en|id2=inchoative|pos1=past participle}} whet (past participle) + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} whetten (third-person singular simple present whettens, present participle whettening, simple past and past participle whettened)
  1. (transitive, rare) To whet. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-whetten-en-verb-7ux2BHwa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 37 8 26 6 7 12 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 64 4 16 5 4 5 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 3 21 4 3 4 2

Inflected forms

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