COARSEN

coarsen

(verb) make less subtle or refined; “coarsen one’s ideals”

coarsen

(verb) make or become coarse or coarser; “coarsen the surface”; “Their minds coarsened”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

coarsen (third-person singular simple present coarsens, present participle coarsening, simple past and past participle coarsened)

(transitive) To make (more) coarse.

(intransitive) To become (more) coarse.

Anagrams

• Carones, Creason, Croesan, canoers, carnose, corneas, earcons, narcose, sea corn, seacorn, sorance

Source: Wiktionary


Coars"en, v. t.

Definition: To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character. [R.] Graham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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