Etymology

heaten

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Today it means: To increase in heat; make or become hotter Full definition →

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heaten · verb1

From heat + -en.

heaten · verb2

Probably formed on the analogy of beat:beat:beaten by speakers who use heat or het for the simple past of heat (“to make hot”).

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