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crispen

[ kris-puhn ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become crisp.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of crispen1

First recorded in 1940–45; crisp + -en 1
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Example Sentences

The white walls were tinted blue, the chair in the corner crispened into its shape as morning emerged.

Outside in the mittam, crisp saris lay in rows and crispened in the sun.

It must never be opened now, and holding it until a fire was kindled in the grate, she tossed it into the flames, watching it as it crispened and blackened upon the glowing coals.

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