youngen

Y4O1U1N1G2E1N1

verb

To make or become young.

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Scrabble 11

Meanings

youngen1

verbyoungen (third-person singular simple present youngens, present participle youngening, simple past and past participle youngened)

present singular third person youngens · participle present youngening · participle past youngened · past youngened

  1. ambitransitivenonstandardTo make or become young.

    He was firm in his conviction that shrubs had to be "youngened" at least once a year.

    1949, Mary Deputy Lamson, Landscape with Shrubs and Flowering Trees, page 273
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    Reba's smoothened youngened voice now offered sufficient room so it'd hammock all desire.

    2010, Allan Gurganus, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, page 579

    Synonyms: youthen

youngen2

nounyoungen (plural youngens)

plural youngens

  1. alternativeAlternative form of youngin (“young person”).

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make or become young.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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