"wisen" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wisens [present, singular, third-person], wisening [participle, present], wisened [participle, past], wisened [past]
Etymology: From wise + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wise|en|id2=inchoative}} wise + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} wisen (third-person singular simple present wisens, present participle wisening, simple past and past participle wisened)
  1. (intransitive) To become wise or wiser. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wisen-en-verb-FrFGJV40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative), Old High German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50 Disambiguation of Old High German entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 4 2 5 11 3 2 5 2 5
  2. (transitive) To make wise or wiser. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wisen-en-verb-STqJOEmN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative), Old High German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50 Disambiguation of Old High German entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 4 2 5 11 3 2 5 2 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): поумнеть (poumnetʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 50 50

Inflected forms

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