swarten

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verb

to make swart, dark, or swarty; darken

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Meanings

verbswarten (third-person singular simple present swartens, present participle swartening, simple past and past participle swartened)

present singular third person swartens · participle present swartening · participle past swartened · past swartened

  1. transitiveto make swart, dark, or swarty; darken

    Clad in rags, swartened by the sun, irritable, arrogant, and having at their head officers [...]

    1814, Adolphe Thiers, Historical Works
  2. intransitiveto become dark; darken

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
blackblackendarkendenigrate

Origin

From swart + -en (verbal suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

strawen
Cite this entry
APA

swarten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swarten

MLA

“swarten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swarten. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swarten,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swarten.

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