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動詞

ranken (三人称単数 現在形 rankens, 現在分詞 rankening, 過去形および過去分詞形 rankened)

1. (rare, transitive, intransitive) To make or become rank
   • 1868, John Mockett Cramp, Baptist History, page 299:

     In a word, it is good for nothing but to despatch men out of the world that are burdensome, and to ranken churchyards.

   • 1993, Nelson C. Nye, Trigger Talk/the Wolf That Rode, page 202:

     His glance passed again over the patched-up rigs and spavined horses dejectedly standing in this rain-rankened muck.

   • 1996, Annie Proulx, Postcards, page 257:

     The room smoked with cold. Smoke rankened the air.

アナグラム

• Kernan, enrank