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Webster 1913 Edition

Hoarsen

Hoars′en

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hoarsened
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hoarsening
.]
To make hoarse.
I shall be obliged to
hoarsen
my voice.
Richardson.

Definition 2024

hoarsen

hoarsen

English

Verb

hoarsen ‎(third-person singular simple present hoarsens, present participle hoarsening, simple past and past participle hoarsened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become hoarse.
    • 2009 March 19, Carol Kino, “A Trustee Who Defined an Era of Corporate Giving”, in New York Times:
      A canny business strategist who tends to express himself tersely — even more so now that his voice has been hoarsened by several strokes — he has rarely consented to interviews.

Etymology

hoarse +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sən

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