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Definition of Starkens

1. starken [v] - See also: starken

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Starkens

stargazed stargazer stargazers stargazes stargazing stargazings staring staring(a) staringly starings

stark stark(a) starked starken starkened starkens (current term) starker starkers starkest starking

starkly starkness starknesses starks stark naked starless starlet starlets starlight starlights

Literary usage of Starkens

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1. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"... Sw. starka, to become strong or stiff, and, to make stiff. ' Boiled treacle or rendered fat starkens as it cools :' Leeds Gl. ..."

2. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments: Now by Kama̜ Shastra society, Benares, Richard Francis Burton (1885)
"... the lighter from one love to fly : When starkens night, the birds in brake or branches snugly perched o Wail for our sorrow and announce ..."

3. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Richard Francis Burton, Leonard Charles Smithers (1894)
"... the lighter from one love to fly: When starkens night, the birds in brake or branches snugly perched • Wail for our sorrow and announce our hapless ..."

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