Greyen

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or become grey ambitransitive

    "[…] he sometimes saw, between him and the ground, lightening the darkness, greyening the leaves and, in wet weather, tinseling the rain, a fascia of white light."

Example

More examples

"[…] he sometimes saw, between him and the ground, lightening the darkness, greyening the leaves and, in wet weather, tinseling the rain, a fascia of white light."

Etymology

From grey + -en.

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