greyen
verbEtymology From grey + -en.
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Ambitransitive To make or become grey
- […] he sometimes saw, between him and the ground, lightening the darkness, greyening the leaves and, in wet weather, tinseling the rain, a fascia of white light.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
- So Watt busied himself a little while, covering the lamp, less and less, more and more, with his hat, watching the ashes greyen, redden, greyen, redden, in the grate, of the range.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC: