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hoarsen, v.|ˈhɔəs(ə)n|
[f. hoarse a. + -en5.]
1. trans. To make hoarse.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) V. vii. 79, I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice, and roughen my character. 1881Palgrave Vis. Eng., Tower of Doom ii, Hoarsening the cry Of those who watch'd. 1886Baring-Gould Gold. Feather i, The sore throat..hoarsened her voice.
2. intr. To become hoarse; to sound hoarsely.
1798Landor Gebir vii. 148 The brazen clarion hoarsens. 1894Hall Caine Manxman 435 His voice had hoarsened.
Hence ˈhoarsened ppl. a.
1798Landor Gebir i. 135 To tune afresh the hoarsened reed. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. v. xl, The last words had a perceptible irony in their hoarsened tone. |