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wiz·en (wĭz'ən)  v. wiz·ened, wiz·en·ing, wiz·ens v. intr. To dry up; wither or shrivel. v. tr. To cause to wither, shrivel, or dry up. adj. Shriveled or dried up; withered: "There would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen" (Oscar Wilde). [Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian.] |
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Wizen
Wiz"en\, v. i. [OE. wisenen, AS. wisnian akin to weornian to decay, OHG. wesan?n to grow dry, G. verwesen to rot, Icel. visna to wither, Sw. vissna, Dan. visne, and probably to L. virus an offensive odor, poison. Cf. Virus.] To wither; to dry. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]Wizen
Wiz"en\, a. Wizened; thin; weazen; withered. A little lonely, wizen, strangely clad boy. --Dickens.Wizen
Wiz"en\, n. The weasand. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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wizen
O.E. wisnian, weosnian "to wither," cognate with O.N. visna, O.H.G. wesanen "to dry up, shrivel, wither;" Ger. verwesen "to decay, rot."
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