Ghosten

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make like a ghost; behave or appear as a ghost; make ghostly. ambitransitive, nonstandard, poetic

    "So looks the last month's pilgrimage, So the last hill, Down the moon-ghostened road there walks."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, belonging to, or pertaining to ghosts; ghostly; spiritual. poetic

    "And the cold chill of an adder touch Sit with a leaden sway. And the ghosten spell-bound dogs, And the coasten hell-hound dogs, Glooms the coming of the day."

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"And the cold chill of an adder touch Sit with a leaden sway. And the ghosten spell-bound dogs, And the coasten hell-hound dogs, Glooms the coming of the day."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ghost + -en (“resembling”).

Etymology 2

From ghost + -en (“to become like”).

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