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heaten

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English

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Etymology

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From heat +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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heaten (third-person singular simple present heatens, present participle heatening, simple past and past participle heatened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, literal, figurative) To increase in heat; make or become hotter
    • 1993, James A. Michener, Alaska:
      In 1958, when the debate heatened, an elderly gentleman of excellent reputation stepped regally into a Senate hearing room in Washington prepared to testify against statehood for Alaska.
    • 2007, David Russell, Dreality: A Story about Returning Home, page 353:
      Feeling it, the man's cheeks heatened like those of the accosted youngster amidst the hanging coats and paired-up galoshes.

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Middle English

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Verb

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heaten

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of heten (to heat)

Swedish

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Noun

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heaten

  1. definite plural of heat