growen

growen

English

Verb

growen

1. (obsolete) past participle of grow
   • 1592, Philippe de Mornay, A Discourse of Life and Death‎:

     Our soule deliuered out of this foule & filthie prison, where, by long continuing it is growen into an habite of crookednes, shall againe draw her owne breath, recognize her ancient dwelling, and againe remember her former glory & dignity.

Anagrams

• grew on, growne, wonger, wronge

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• growe, grow, groue, grewe

Etymology

From Old English grōwan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔu̯ən/

Verb

growen

1. To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):
   1. To spring up; grow from nothing.
   2. (often of people) to grow up; to mature.
   3. To come into existence; to arise.
2. To increase; to magnify:
   1. To increase in amount; to multiply.
   2. To increasingly take on an attribute.
   3. To become stronger or more powerful.
   4. (of plants) To thrive; to flourish.
3. To become older; to age.
4. (finance) To go or pass (to, of money)
5. To exist; to be present (somewhere)

Usage notes

• Weak forms are sometimes found, as in dialectal Modern English.
• The causative sense ("cause to grow, make grow") so common in Modern English grow is almost nonexistent in growen.

Conjugation

Conjugation of growen (strong class 7)

infinitive	(to) growen, growe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	growe	grew
2nd-person singular	growest	grewe, grew
3rd-person singular	groweth	grew
subjunctive singular	growe	grewe1
imperative singular		—
plural2	growen, growe	grewen, grewe
imperative plural	groweth, growe	—
participles	growynge, growende	growen, growe, ygrowen, ygrowe

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: grow
• Scots: grow

References

• “grouen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.