heaten
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English
[edit]Etymology
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[edit]- Rhymes: -iːtən
Verb
[edit]heaten (third-person singular simple present heatens, present participle heatening, simple past and past participle heatened)
- (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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[edit]Middle English
[edit]Verb
[edit]heaten
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of heten (“to heat”)
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]heaten
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