Colden

verb

verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To grow or make cold. Scotland, ambitransitive, figuratively, sometimes

    "Even the snowboarding accident that he had last year that left him bedbound for 2 weeks did not seem to colden his passion for this sport."

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"Even the snowboarding accident that he had last year that left him bedbound for 2 weeks did not seem to colden his passion for this sport."

Etymology

From cold + -en. Compare Middle English colden (“to colden”), from Old English cealdian (“to colden”). More at cold.

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