Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deathen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dea-then
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause, bring about, or affect with deadness or death.

Transitive verb

verb

Misspelling of deafen.

Example Sentences

"Moved by the spring eternal in himself, whereof the love in his heart was a river-shape, he turned away from the deathened stream, and without knowing why, sought the humanity in the castle."
"So fevered — oh, so fevered, he, So low his little moan, O baby's tiny, burning brow, O mother's deathened groan, […]"
"His head fell forward, for some breathless space The blow was deathening; ghastly white in face […]"
"You go through some tunnel and you come out; you're delivered to somewhere else. You see exciting things and you come out on the other end. But in this case, it is related with psychological problems. It is going to be more deathening, more hellish or heavenish."

Etymology

From death + -en.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

deathens (present, singular) deathening (participle, present) deathened (participle, past) deathened (past)

Questions

What does deathen mean?: To cause, bring about, or affect with deadness or death.
Where does deathen come from?: From death + -en.

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