Sparsen

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make or become sparse. ambitransitive, rare

    "Again and again, as Beckett's narrative structures tighten and sparsen after the word frenzy of Malone Dies and The Unnamable, we see this effect re-emerging as the underlying condition of narrative voice."

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"Again and again, as Beckett's narrative structures tighten and sparsen after the word frenzy of Malone Dies and The Unnamable, we see this effect re-emerging as the underlying condition of narrative voice."

Etymology

From sparse + -en.

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