Tarten

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make tart or bitter transitive

    "These faults in a scholar tend to tarten the writing, to enliven the reader."

  2. 2
    To become tart or bitter intransitive

    "[…] her sweetness tartened as one side of her clutched loyalty, the other love."

Example

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"These faults in a scholar tend to tarten the writing, to enliven the reader."

Etymology

From tart + -en.

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