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growen

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English

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Verb

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growen

  1. (obsolete) past participle of grow
    • 1592, Philippe de Mornay, A Discourse of Life and Death[1]:
      Our soule deliuered out of this foule & filthie prison, where, by long continuing it is growen into an habite of crookednes, shall againe draw her owne breath, recognize her ancient dwelling, and againe remember her former glory & dignity.

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English grōwan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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growen

  1. To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):
    1. To spring up; grow from nothing.
    2. (often of people) to grow up; to mature.
    3. To come into existence; to arise.
  2. To increase; to magnify:
    1. To increase in amount; to multiply.
    2. To increasingly take on an attribute.
    3. To become stronger or more powerful.
    4. (of plants) To thrive; to flourish.
  3. To become older; to age.
  4. (finance) To go or pass (to, of money)
  5. To exist; to be present (somewhere)

Usage notes

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  • Weak forms are sometimes found, as in dialectal Modern English.
  • The causative sense ("cause to grow, make grow") so common in Modern English grow is almost nonexistent in growen.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: grow
  • Scots: grow

References

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Old English

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Verb

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grōwen

  1. past participle of grōwan