starken

From Middle English starkenen (“to grow strong”), equivalent to stark +‎ -en.

starken (third-person singular simple present starkens, present participle starkening, simple past and past participle starkened)

1. (transitive) To make unbending or inflexible; stiffen; make obstinate.

starken (comparative more starken, superlative most starken)

1. (obsolete) Stark; complete, absolute.
   • 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act III:

     Alas poore fellow, he ſeemeth to be a ſtarken idiot.

• Kanters, Kastner, knaster, rankest, tankers

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starken

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