crispen
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crispen (third-person singular simple present crispens, present participle crispening, simple past and past participle crispened)
- (transitive) To make crisp.
- Synonym: crisp
- (intransitive) To become crisp.
- Synonym: crisp
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Translations edit
to make crisp — see crisp
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Etymology edit
From Latin crispō and Old French crespir; equivalent to crisp (“curly”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
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crispen
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of crispen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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References edit
- “crispen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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crispen
- inflection of crispar: