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ruden

ruden

See also: rüden and Rüden

English

Verb

ruden (third-person singular simple present rudens, present participle rudening, simple past and past participle rudened)

  1. (transitive) To make rude; make raw, simplified, or more robust; toughen.
    • 1984, The Poetic Works of Charles Harpur:
      None ever voyaged the wild sea of Life / Less warped and rudened by its stormy strife, [...]

Danish

Noun

ruden c

  1. singular definite of rude