tarten
English
Etymology
From tart + -en.
Verb
tarten (third-person singular simple present tartens, present participle tartening, simple past and past participle tartened)
- (transitive) To make tart or bitter
- 1956, Library Journal, volume 81, page 2257:
- These faults in a scholar tend to tarten the writing, to enliven the reader.
- 1964, Long Island Forum, volume 27-29, page 169:
- I loved their shouts of welcome as I trudged across the fields carrying the heavy jug. Mama mixed the old time drink from cold well water, a pinch of ginger, molasses and some vinegar to tarten it.
- 1991, The Lyric Opera companion, The History, Lore, and Stories of the World's Greatest Operas:
- He knew precisely when to spice the orchestration with percussive pepper, when to add a pinch more of sugar, when to tarten the mixture with a squeeze or two of lime.
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- (intransitive) To become tart or bitter
- 1928, The Second American Caravan: A Yearbook of American Literature:
- […] her sweetness tartened as one side of her clutched loyalty, the other love.
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Anagrams
- Arnett, attern, natter, ratten, treant
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Verb
tarten
- to provoke, to dare, to affront
- Hij tartte het lot - He dared fate
Inflection
| Inflection of tarten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tarten | |||
| past singular | tartte | |||
| past participle | getart | |||
| infinitive | tarten | |||
| gerund | tarten n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | tart | tartte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | tart | tartte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | tart | tartte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | tart | tartte | ||
| 3rd person singular | tart | tartte | ||
| plural | tarten | tartten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | tarte | tartte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | tarten | tartten | ||
| imperative sing. | tart | |||
| imperative plur.1 | tart | |||
| participles | tartend | getart | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- uitdagen
- uitlokken
- provoceren
Anagrams
- natter, ratten