embarren

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verb

To make barren.

OriginEnglish barren ← Middle English en- ← Old French en- →
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Meanings

verbembarren (third-person singular simple present embarrens, present participle embarrening, simple past and past participle embarrened)

present singular third person embarrens · participle present embarrening · participle past embarrened · past embarrened

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo make barren.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Englishem-
  9. Englishbarren
  10. Englishembarren

From em- + barren.

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APA

embarren. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embarren

MLA

“embarren.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embarren. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “embarren,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embarren.

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