† crookenadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Crooked.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > crooked
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1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. G.4 Cho ho hath croken bill, her maister left astray?
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† crookenv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To make crooked; figurative to pervert.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > put out of shape [verb (transitive)] > make crooked or bent
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > pervert or deprave
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > misapply > pervert
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Croken, or make croked.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Idolatry ii Saint Augustine..sayth..images be of more force to croken an unhappye soule then to teache and instruct it.
1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 25 [They] rather chuse to crooken the Rule to their own bent.
1684 R. Baxter Catholick Communion 9 By crookening it to any carnal interest.
1825 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland I. 303 When I got up, my back was crookened.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2)
2. intransitive. To be or become crooked; to bend.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > lose shape or become misshapen [verb (intransitive)] > become crooked or bent
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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1201 It bendeth not, it crookeneth not.
1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum i. 2 To keep them from warping or crookning.
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