youthenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈjuːθən/^[1]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjuθən/

動詞

youthen (三人称単数 現在形 youthens, 現在分詞 youthening, 過去形および過去分詞形 youthened)

1. (transitive) To make younger or more youthful.
   • 1897, George Egerton, Symphonies (page 97)

     It youthened her, melted the stark, hungry grip about her mouth.

   • 1966, Congress for Cultural Freedom, Encounter, Volume 26 (page 84)

     Mr. Wilson can hardly be unaware that once a writer chooses to youthen or resurrect a word, it lives again...

2. (intransitive) To become younger or more youthful.
   • 2008, Patrice Rancour, Tales from the Pager Chronicles (page 7)

     He nods, time traveling to a point when there were no central lines, no low blood counts, no immunosuppressive drugs. His face youthens momentarily as he bridges back to a point on a timeline that has none of this devastation on it.

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