souren

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verb

To make or become sour.

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Meanings

verbsouren (third-person singular simple present sourens, present participle sourening, simple past and past participle sourened)

present singular third person sourens · participle present sourening · participle past sourened · past sourened

  1. ambitransitiveobsoleteTo make or become sour.

    But now that peoples ^([sic]) minds began to souren against the government, there hapen'd an accident which encreas'd that distemper to a great degree.

    1816, James Stanier Clarke, The Life of James the Second King of England Etc, page 119

Origin

From sour + -en.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

“souren.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/souren. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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