wilden

wilden

English

Etymology

From wild +‎ -en.

Verb

wilden (third-person singular simple present wildens, present participle wildening, simple past and past participle wildened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to make or become wild or wilder
   • 1965, Wayland Hilton Young, ‎Wayland Kennet, Thirty-four Articles, page 70:

     The glorification of the business-man which is the effect of the present government's capital profits, expense account and pension fund policies is ‘wildening’ our capitalism.

   • 2010, Poul Anderson, Operation Luna:

     His alembic furnished Highland spring water. We sat for a while in companionable silence. The weather wildened.

   • 2011, K. S. Mulholland, Varlarsaga, volume 2, page 114:

     In any event, our relations with Dorthillion have become poor since the ways have wildened.

Anagrams

• Windle, windle

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Pronunciation

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Verb

wilden

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of willen

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Adjective

wilden

1. inflection of wild:
   1. strong genitive masculine and neuter singular
   2. weak and mixed genitive and dative all-gender singular
   3. strong, weak, and mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak and mixed all-case plural