"growen" meaning in Middle English

See growen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡrɔu̯ən/
Etymology: From Old English grōwan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōan. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|enm|ang|grōwan}} Old English grōwan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*grōan}} Proto-West Germanic *grōan Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} growen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|grow|grew|c=7}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], growen [infinitive], to growen [infinitive], growe [infinitive], growe [first-person, present, singular], grew [first-person, past, singular], growest [present, second-person, singular], grewe [past, second-person, singular], groweth [present, singular, third-person], grew [past, singular, third-person], growe [present, singular, subjunctive], grewe [past, singular, subjunctive], growe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], growen [plural, present], growe [plural, present], grewen [past, plural], grewe [past, plural], groweth [imperative, plural, present], growe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], growynge [participle, present], growende [participle, present], growen [participle, past], growe [participle, past], ygrowen [participle, past], ygrowe [participle, past], growe [alternative], grow [alternative], groue [alternative], grewe [alternative]
  1. To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):
    To spring up; grow from nothing.
    Sense id: en-growen-enm-verb-enm:to_grow
  2. To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):
    (often of people) to grow up; to mature.
    Tags: often
    Sense id: en-growen-enm-verb-enm:to_grow1
  3. To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):
    To come into existence; to arise.
    Sense id: en-growen-enm-verb-enm:to_grow1 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Botany Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 8 26 7 25 5 6 4 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 9 9 33 6 18 4 6 4 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 47 4 21 3 4 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Botany: 23 23 31 4 10 0 7 0 1 1
  4. To increase; to magnify:
    To increase in amount; to multiply.
    Sense id: en-growen-enm-verb-Vp-sRB4w Categories (other): Size Disambiguation of Size: 0 26 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0
  5. To increase; to magnify:
    To increasingly take on an attribute.
    Sense id: en-growen-enm-verb-QbAmZM5N Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 8 26 7 25 5 6 4 5 4
  6. To increase; to magnify:
    To become stronger or more powerful.
    Sense id: en-growen-enm-verb-TopHUXUE
  7. To increase; to magnify:
    (of plants) To thrive; to flourish.
    Sense id: en-growen-enm-verb-ujvcgxH2
  8. To become older; to age.
    Sense id: en-growen-enm-verb-J1dDHo7V Categories (other): Age Disambiguation of Age: 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 0
  9. (finance) To go or pass (to, of money)
    Sense id: en-growen-enm-verb-9M7PB4nx Categories (other): Finance Topics: business, finance
  10. To exist; to be present (somewhere)
    Sense id: en-growen-enm-verb-sF98JPR4

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "grow"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
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        "singular",
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    {
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "growen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "growe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "present"
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "growynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "growende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "growe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ygrowen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ygrowe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "growe",
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      "form": "grow",
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    },
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      "form": "groue",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grewe",
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        "To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):",
        "To spring up; grow from nothing."
      ],
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          "grow",
          "grow"
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          "spring up",
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        "To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):",
        "to grow up; to mature."
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          "grow"
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          "grow up",
          "grow up"
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        ]
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        "To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):",
        "(often of people) to grow up; to mature."
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        "of people"
      ],
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        "enm:to grow"
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        "often"
      ]
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      ],
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        "To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):",
        "To come into existence; to arise."
      ],
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        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
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        [
          "existence",
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        [
          "arise",
          "arise"
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To increase; to magnify:",
        "To increase in amount; to multiply."
      ],
      "id": "en-growen-enm-verb-Vp-sRB4w",
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "magnify",
          "magnify"
        ],
        [
          "multiply",
          "multiply"
        ]
      ]
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          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To increase; to magnify:",
        "To increasingly take on an attribute."
      ],
      "id": "en-growen-enm-verb-QbAmZM5N",
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "magnify",
          "magnify"
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        [
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          "increasingly"
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          "attribute",
          "attribute"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To increase; to magnify:",
        "To become stronger or more powerful."
      ],
      "id": "en-growen-enm-verb-TopHUXUE",
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "magnify",
          "magnify"
        ],
        [
          "stronger",
          "stronger"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To increase; to magnify:",
        "To thrive; to flourish."
      ],
      "id": "en-growen-enm-verb-ujvcgxH2",
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        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "magnify",
          "magnify"
        ],
        [
          "thrive",
          "thrive"
        ],
        [
          "flourish",
          "flourish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To increase; to magnify:",
        "(of plants) To thrive; to flourish."
      ],
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        "of plants"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "0 38 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Age",
          "orig": "enm:Age",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become older; to age."
      ],
      "id": "en-growen-enm-verb-J1dDHo7V",
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Finance",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go or pass (to, of money)"
      ],
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          "finance",
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        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(finance) To go or pass (to, of money)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To exist; to be present (somewhere)"
      ],
      "id": "en-growen-enm-verb-sF98JPR4",
      "links": [
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡrɔu̯ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "growen"
}
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    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English verbs",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "grewe",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "plural",
        "present"
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "growynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "growende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "growen",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "ygrowen",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ygrowe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "growe",
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    },
    {
      "form": "grow",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "groue",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grewe",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):",
        "To spring up; grow from nothing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "spring up",
          "spring up"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:to grow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):",
        "to grow up; to mature."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "grow up",
          "grow up"
        ],
        [
          "mature",
          "mature"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):",
        "(often of people) to grow up; to mature."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of people"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:to grow"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):",
        "To come into existence; to arise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "existence",
          "existence"
        ],
        [
          "arise",
          "arise"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "enm:to grow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To increase; to magnify:",
        "To increase in amount; to multiply."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "magnify",
          "magnify"
        ],
        [
          "multiply",
          "multiply"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To increase; to magnify:",
        "To increasingly take on an attribute."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "magnify",
          "magnify"
        ],
        [
          "increasingly",
          "increasingly"
        ],
        [
          "attribute",
          "attribute"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To increase; to magnify:",
        "To become stronger or more powerful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "magnify",
          "magnify"
        ],
        [
          "stronger",
          "stronger"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To increase; to magnify:",
        "To thrive; to flourish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "magnify",
          "magnify"
        ],
        [
          "thrive",
          "thrive"
        ],
        [
          "flourish",
          "flourish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To increase; to magnify:",
        "(of plants) To thrive; to flourish."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of plants"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To become older; to age."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Finance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go or pass (to, of money)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(finance) To go or pass (to, of money)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To exist; to be present (somewhere)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡrɔu̯ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "growen"
}

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