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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
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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 |
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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 | ThesaurusAdj. | 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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