youthen

verb
/ˈjuːθən/UK/ˈjuθən/US

Etymology

From youth + -en.

  1. derived from *jugunþō
  2. inherited from *juwunþa
  3. inherited from ġeoguþ — “the state of being young; youth
  4. inherited from youthe
  5. suffixed as youthen — “youth + en

Definitions

  1. To make younger or more youthful.

    • It youthened her, melted the stark, hungry grip about her mouth.
    • Mr. Wilson can hardly be unaware that once a writer chooses to youthen or resurrect a word, it lives again...
  2. To become younger or more youthful.

    • He nods, time traveling to a point when there were no central lines, no low blood counts, no immunosuppressive drugs. His face youthens momentarily as he bridges back to a point on a timeline that has none of this devastation on it.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for youthen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA