growen
English
editVerb
editgrowen
- (obsolete) past participle of grow
- 1592, Philippe de Mornay, A Discourse of Life and Death[1]:
- Our soule deliuered out of this foule & filthie prison, where, by long continuing it is growen into an habite of crookednes, shall againe draw her owne breath, recognize her ancient dwelling, and againe remember her former glory & dignity.
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editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English grōwan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōan.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgrowen
- To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):
- To increase; to magnify:
- To become older; to age.
- (finance) To go or pass (to, of money)
- To exist; to be present (somewhere)
Usage notes
edit- Weak forms are sometimes found, as in dialectal Modern English.
- The causative sense ("cause to grow, make grow") so common in Modern English grow is almost nonexistent in growen.
Conjugation
editConjugation of growen (strong class 7)
infinitive | (to) growen, growe | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | growe | grew | |
2nd-person singular | growest | grewe, grew | |
3rd-person singular | groweth | grew | |
subjunctive singular | growe | grewe1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | growen, growe | grewen, grewe | |
imperative plural | groweth, growe | — | |
participles | growynge, growende | growen, growe, ygrowen, ygrowe |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “grouen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
editVerb
editgrōwen
- past participle of grōwan
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