youthen
verbUK /ˈjuːθən/ · US /ˈjuθən/
Etymology From youth + -en.
1
To make younger or more youthful.
- It youthened her, melted the stark, hungry grip about her mouth.1897, George Egerton, Symphonies, page 97:
- Mr. Wilson can hardly be unaware that once a writer chooses to youthen or resurrect a word, it lives again...1966, Congress for Cultural Freedom, Encounter, Volume 26, page 84:
2
To become younger or more youthful.
- He nods, time traveling to a point when there were no central lines, no low blood counts, no immunosuppressive drugs. His face youthens momentarily as he bridges back to a point on a timeline that has none of this devastation on it.2008, Patrice Rancour, Tales from the Pager Chronicles, page 7: