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wizenenUK
wiz·en W0196700 (wĭz′ən)v. wiz·ened, wiz·en·ing, wiz·ens v.intr. To dry up; wither or shrivel.v.tr. To cause to wither, shrivel, or dry up.adj. Shriveled or dried up; withered: "There would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen" (Oscar Wilde).
[Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian.]wizen (ˈwɪzən) vbto make or become shrivelledadj a variant of wizened[Old English wisnian; related to Old Norse visna, Old High German wesanēn]
wizen (ˈwiːzən) n an archaic word for weasandwiz•en (ˈwɪz ən, ˈwi zən)
v.t. 1. to wither; shrivel. adj. 2. wizened. [before 900; Middle English wisenen, Old English wisnian, c. Old High German wesanēn, Old Norse visna to wither] wizen
Past participle: wizened
Gerund: wizening
| Present |
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| I wizen | | you wizen | | he/she/it wizens | | we wizen | | you wizen | | they wizen |
| Preterite |
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| I wizened | | you wizened | | he/she/it wizened | | we wizened | | you wizened | | they wizened |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am wizening | | you are wizening | | he/she/it is wizening | | we are wizening | | you are wizening | | they are wizening |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have wizened | | you have wizened | | he/she/it has wizened | | we have wizened | | you have wizened | | they have wizened |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was wizening | | you were wizening | | he/she/it was wizening | | we were wizening | | you were wizening | | they were wizening |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had wizened | | you had wizened | | he/she/it had wizened | | we had wizened | | you had wizened | | they had wizened |
| Future |
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| I will wizen | | you will wizen | | he/she/it will wizen | | we will wizen | | you will wizen | | they will wizen |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have wizened | | you will have wizened | | he/she/it will have wizened | | we will have wizened | | you will have wizened | | they will have wizened |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be wizening | | you will be wizening | | he/she/it will be wizening | | we will be wizening | | you will be wizening | | they will be wizening |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been wizening | | you have been wizening | | he/she/it has been wizening | | we have been wizening | | you have been wizening | | they have been wizening |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been wizening | | you will have been wizening | | he/she/it will have been wizening | | we will have been wizening | | you will have been wizening | | they will have been wizening |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been wizening | | you had been wizening | | he/she/it had been wizening | | we had been wizening | | you had been wizening | | they had been wizening |
| Conditional |
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| I would wizen | | you would wizen | | he/she/it would wizen | | we would wizen | | you would wizen | | they would wizen |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have wizened | | you would have wizened | | he/she/it would have wizened | | we would have wizened | | you would have wizened | | they would have wizened |
Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | wizen - lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"shrunken, withered, wizened, shriveled, shrivelledlean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare |
wizenverbTo make or become no longer fresh or shapely because of loss of moisture:dry up, mummify, sear, shrivel, wither.TranslationswizenenUK
Synonyms for wizenverb to make or become no longer fresh or shapely because of loss of moistureSynonyms- dry up
- mummify
- sear
- shrivel
- wither
Synonyms for wizenadj lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illnessSynonyms- shrunken
- withered
- wizened
- shriveled
- shrivelled
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