scarcenv.

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s scarsen.

Etymology: < scarce adj. + -en suffix⁵. Compare scarce v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscarcen.

Now dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).

1. transitive. To make meagre or lean.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > slim [verb (transitive)] > thin

leanc897

lensea1000

lank1519

extenuate1541

meagre1570

formeagre1571

extenue1574

scarcen1594

emacerate1610

wanze1647

emaciate1650

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xv. §5. 329 These three things..scarsen and drie vp the flesh, and their contraries, fatten and enlarge the same.

2. intransitive. To become scarce.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] > become scanty or scarce

scant1436

scarcea1500

scarcen1803

to run short1850

1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 387/2 If drafts abound on a particular place, they tend to sink in value. If drafts scarcen on a particular place, they tend to rise in value.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	scarcen
释义	scarcenv. Forms: Also 1500s–1600s scarsen. Etymology: < scarce adj. + -en suffix⁵. Compare scarce v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscarcen. Now dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict.). 1. transitive. To make meagre or lean. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > slim [verb (transitive)] > thin leanc897 lensea1000 lank1519 extenuate1541 meagre1570 formeagre1571 extenue1574 scarcen1594 emacerate1610 wanze1647 emaciate1650 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xv. §5. 329 These three things..scarsen and drie vp the flesh, and their contraries, fatten and enlarge the same. 2. intransitive. To become scarce. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] > become scanty or scarce scant1436 scarcea1500 scarcen1803 to run short1850 1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 387/2 If drafts abound on a particular place, they tend to sink in value. If drafts scarcen on a particular place, they tend to rise in value. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1594
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