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fiercen, v. rare.|ˈfɪəs(ə)n| [f. fierce a. + -en5.] a. trans. To make fierce. to fiercen up: to brush up, enliven. dial. b. intr. To become or grow fierce. Hence ˈfiercening ppl. a.
1831J. Wilson Unimore ii. 150 The Naiad in the fiercening foam her prow Buries. 1881Myers Wordsworth 73 A metal which can grow for ever brighter in the fiercening flame. Mod. Staffordsh., ‘I think it has fiercened her up a bit.’ |