Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wizen
Participle: wizened
Gerund: wizening
Indicative
Present
| I | wizen |
| you | wizen |
| he;she;it | wizens |
| we | wizen |
| you | wizen |
| they | wizen |
Perfect
| I | have wizened |
| you | have wizened |
| he;she;it | has wizened |
| we | have wizened |
| you | have wizened |
| they | have wizened |
Past
| I | wizened |
| you | wizened |
| he;she;it | wizened |
| we | wizened |
| you | wizened |
| they | wizened |
Pluperfect
| I | had wizened |
| you | had wizened |
| he;she;it | had wizened |
| we | had wizened |
| you | had wizened |
| they | had wizened |
Future
| I | will wizen |
| you | will wizen |
| he;she;it | will wizen |
| we | will wizen |
| you | will wizen |
| they | will wizen |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wizened |
| you | will have wizened |
| he;she;it | will have wizened |
| we | will have wizened |
| you | will have wizened |
| they | will have wizened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wizen |
| you | wizen |
| he;she;it | wizen |
| we | wizen |
| you | wizen |
| they | wizen |
Perfect
| I | have wizened |
| you | have wizened |
| he;she;it | have wizened |
| we | have wizened |
| you | have wizened |
| they | have wizened |
Imperfect
| I | wizened |
| you | wizened |
| he;she;it | wizened |
| we | wizened |
| you | wizened |
| they | wizened |
Pluperfect
| I | had wizened |
| you | had wizened |
| he;she;it | had wizened |
| we | had wizened |
| you | had wizened |
| they | had wizened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wizen |
| you | would wizen |
| he;she;it | would wizen |
| we | would wizen |
| you | would wizen |
| they | would wizen |
Perfect
| I | would have wizened |
| you | would have wizened |
| he;she;it | would have wizened |
| we | would have wizened |
| you | would have wizened |
| they | would have wizened |
Imperative
| you | wizen |
| we | Let's wizen |
| you | wizen |
Verbs conjugated like 'wizen'
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 'wizen'
dizen,
widen,
wisen,
cozen,
dazen,
dize,
dizzen,
hazen,
icen,
kaizen,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
wisnian, weosnian "to wither," cognate with O.N.
visna, O.H.G.
wesanen "to dry up, shrivel, wither;" Ger.
verwesen "to decay, rot."
2. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-West Germanic *wisnōn, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōną, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to consume”). Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (frawisan, “to squander through feasting”). See: Old English '
wisnian', Proto-Germanic '
*wesaną', Icelandic '
visna'.
Sample Sentences
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After wizening with cold for an hour, we ran down to the hut for breakfast, rejoicing in having brought with us some portable soup ; and after a second visit to the summit, started at eight, when the day seemed already far advanced, along with the Bleiberg party, for the descent. [1864, Josiah Gilbert Holland, G. C. Churchill, “The Morning Panorama”, in The Dolomite Mountains: Excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, & Friuli in 1861, 1862, & 1863, London: Longman et al., page 493:]
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Where his suspicions were cast no man knew for certain, but his plump features wizened, and his rosy cheeks grew white, his proud head drooped, and he walked with a piteous uncertainty for so pompous and lofty a man. [1883, David Christie Murray, Hearts, volume III, London: Chatto & Windus, page 30:]
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1–2000 solution gave no blackening, the tissues of the apple wizening before any effect was seen. [1920, G. H. Coons, Genevieve Gillette, “Phenol Injury to Apples”, in Annual Report of The Michigan Academy of Science, volume 21, page 327:]
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Shrink like coal on the hearth!
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Wizen like filth on the wall! [1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 125:]
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[…] Lea, archetype of the older woman, wise, but not yet wizened by age and experience. [1981 January 26, Gerald Clarke, “Books: Field Flowers”, in Time:]
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The title itself refers to Nō masks that represent stock women characters from traditional stories—such as the young “madwoman” or the older woman wizened by age and loss—though it is translated into English simply as Masks. [2019 January 23, Julia Shiota, “The Messiness of Resistance”, in Ploughshares, retrieved 16 Jul 2026:]