stiffen
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stiffen
- /ˈstɪfən/
Rhymes with -ɪfən
Where it comes from
From Middle English stifnen, equivalent to stiff + -en.
verb stiffens · stiffening · stiffened
- To make stiff. As Willis spoke and tried to smile the voices inside him rang together like a bell, stiffening him and hollowing him and emptying him of his troubled song.
- To become stiff. Bewildered by the unexpected greeting, my son stiffened, but managed a polite answer.
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