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coarsen, v.|ˈkɔəs(ə)n|
[f. as prec. + -en5.]
1. trans. To make coarse; see the adj.
1805W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. II. 81 Coarsening her attachment. 1812Coleridge Rem. (1836) I. 329 Low cunning, habitual cupidity..coarsen the human face. 1879M. Arnold Mixed Ess., Equality 70 The ideal of well-being is not to be..lowered and coarsened.
2. intr. To become coarse.
1880M. Crommelin Black Abbey III. xii. 197 The clay case coarsens and becomes the most apparent part of us.
Hence ˈcoarsened ppl. a., ˈcoarsening vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1837H. Martineau Soc. in Amer. (1839) II. 331 The coarsening and hardening of mind. 1854Chamb. Jrnl. I. 65 Hardening, coarsening toil. 1861Q. Rev. No. 220. 541 He [A. de Tocqueville] compared the original of our institutions with their magnified and coarsened copy across the Atlantic. |