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wiz·en  audio  (wzn) KEY 

VERB:
wiz·ened, wiz·en·ing, wiz·ens
VERB:
intr.
To dry up; wither or shrivel.
VERB:
tr.
To cause to wither, shrivel, or dry up.
ADJECTIVE:
Shriveled or dried up; withered: "There would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen" (Oscar Wilde).
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian


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