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wizen
[ wiz-uhn; wee-zuhn ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to wither; shrivel; dry up.
adjective
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Origin of wizen1
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Example Sentences
Aged she seemed, incredibly old, wizen, dried; though with these people who can tell of age?
Many were short, little wizen-faced folks, that looked very old; or rather, they seemed old before they ought to be.
And a strange little elf she looked, being very wizen and small, with one shoulder higher than the other, and a face full of pain.
The voice comes through their wizen mouths like wind from the crack of an old wainscot.
She stood there, tearful and wizen, before La Teuse, who was slipping some eggs into the pocket of her apron.
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