growen

English

Verb

growen

  1. (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.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English grōwan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔu̯ən/

Verb

growen

  1. To grow (usually of plants, fruit, etc.):
    1. To spring up; grow from nothing.
    2. (often of people) to grow up; to mature.
    3. To come into existence; to arise.
  2. To increase; to magnify:
    1. To increase in amount; to multiply.
    2. To increasingly take on an attribute.
    3. To become stronger or more powerful.
    4. (of plants) To thrive; to flourish.
  3. To become older; to age.
  4. (finance) To go or pass (to, of money)
  5. To exist; to be present (somewhere)

Usage notes

  • 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

Conjugation of growen (strong class 7)
infinitive (to) growen, growe
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

1 Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: grow
  • Scots: grow

References

Old English

Verb

grōwen

  1. past participle of grōwan