safen

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verb

To make safe.

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Meanings

verbsafen (third-person singular simple present safens, present participle safening, simple past and past participle safened)

present singular third person safens · participle present safening · participle past safened · past safened

  1. transitiveTo make safe.

    I take a deep breath because his knowing Cora Blue seems to safen things up a little.

    2016, Kathryn Stockett, The Help, page 189
    1 more example

    She used to safen me when I was smaller, when I came here first. Her long, dark hair was my hiding place from the outside world.

    2002, Malachy Doyle, Georgie, page 12
  2. transitiveTo protect a crop from injury from a herbicide by adding a safener.

Origin

From safe + -en.

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APA

safen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/safen

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “safen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/safen.

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