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▪ I. † ˈcrooken, v. Obs.
Also 6 croken.
[A secondary form of crook v.: cf. straighten.]
1. trans. To make crooked; fig. to pervert.
1552Huloet, Croken, or make croked. 1563Homilies ii. Idolatry ii, Saint Augustine..sayth..images be of more force to croken an unhappye soule then to teache and instruct it. 1621Sanderson Serm. (1681) 25 [They] rather choose to crooken the Rule to their own bent. 1680Baxter Cath. Commun. (1684) 9 By crookening it to any carnal interest. 1825T. C. Croker Fairy Leg. 303 When I got up, my back was crookened. 1828in Craven Gloss.
2. intr. To be or become crooked; to bend.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1201 It bendeth not, it crookeneth not. 1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. i. §1 (1689) To keep them from warping or crookning.
▪ II. † ˈcrooken, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[f. prec., after analogy of strong vbs., e.g. broken.]
Crooked.
1589Gold. Mirr. (1851) 52 Cho ho hath croken bill her maister left astray? |