Etymology

stiffen

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Today it means: To make stiff. Full definition →

Middle English stifnen
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromstifnen
  2. English todaystiffen

From Middle English stifnen, equivalent to stiff + -en.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.