Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to olden
Participle: oldened
Gerund: oldening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | olden |
| you | olden |
| he;she;it | oldens |
| we | olden |
| you | olden |
| they | olden |
Perfect
| I | have oldened |
| you | have oldened |
| he;she;it | has oldened |
| we | have oldened |
| you | have oldened |
| they | have oldened |
Past
| I | oldened |
| you | oldened |
| he;she;it | oldened |
| we | oldened |
| you | oldened |
| they | oldened |
Pluperfect
| I | had oldened |
| you | had oldened |
| he;she;it | had oldened |
| we | had oldened |
| you | had oldened |
| they | had oldened |
Future
| I | will olden |
| you | will olden |
| he;she;it | will olden |
| we | will olden |
| you | will olden |
| they | will olden |
Future Perfect
| I | will have oldened |
| you | will have oldened |
| he;she;it | will have oldened |
| we | will have oldened |
| you | will have oldened |
| they | will have oldened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | olden |
| you | olden |
| he;she;it | olden |
| we | olden |
| you | olden |
| they | olden |
Perfect
| I | have oldened |
| you | have oldened |
| he;she;it | have oldened |
| we | have oldened |
| you | have oldened |
| they | have oldened |
Imperfect
| I | oldened |
| you | oldened |
| he;she;it | oldened |
| we | oldened |
| you | oldened |
| they | oldened |
Pluperfect
| I | had oldened |
| you | had oldened |
| he;she;it | had oldened |
| we | had oldened |
| you | had oldened |
| they | had oldened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would olden |
| you | would olden |
| he;she;it | would olden |
| we | would olden |
| you | would olden |
| they | would olden |
Perfect
| I | would have oldened |
| you | would have oldened |
| he;she;it | would have oldened |
| we | would have oldened |
| you | would have oldened |
| they | would have oldened |
Imperative
| you | olden |
| we | Let's olden |
| you | olden |
Verbs conjugated like 'olden'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'olden'
bolden,
colden,
elden,
golden,
molden,
odden,
alien,
balden,
bluen,
den,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From old + -en (“to make (adjective)”).
Sample Sentences
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Of all Sedley's opponents in his debates with his creditors which now ensued, and harassed the feelings of the humiliated old gentleman so severely, that in six weeks he oldened more than he had done for fifteen years before—the most determined and obstinate seemed to be John Osborne, his old friend and neighbour […] [1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:]
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They were not worldly days; and so, as we olden with our passage through the world, they stay young, and we love them as pure youthful things are loved. [1912, John Ayscough, Saints and Places, page 123:]