colden

verb

colden

verb

UK /kəʊld(ə)n/

Etymology From cold + -en. Compare Middle English colden (“to colden”), from Old English cealdian (“to colden”). More at cold.

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Scotland, Ambitransitive, Figuratively, Sometimes To grow or make cold.

  • Even the snowboarding accident that he had last year that left him bedbound for 2 weeks did not seem to colden his passion for this sport.
  • The air had coldened and a light chill wind rose from the river.1899, John Buchan, Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People https://books.google.ru/books?id=6chI6yyZLrYC&pg=PA57&dq=coldened&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilmZucgK_LAhUE6CwKHVnsAts4ChDoAQg9MAU#v=onepage&q=coldened&f=false

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