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present singular third person greyens · participle present greyening · participle past greyened · past greyened · alternative grayen
- ambitransitiveTo make or become grey
[…] he sometimes saw, between him and the ground, lightening the darkness, greyening the leaves and, in wet weather, tinseling the rain, a fascia of white light.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC1 more example
So Watt busied himself a little while, covering the lamp, less and less, more and more, with his hat, watching the ashes greyen, redden, greyen, redden, in the grate, of the range.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
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