different between swarten vs swarter

English

Etymology

From swart +? -en (verbal suffix).

Verb

swarten (third-person singular simple present swartens, present participle swartening, simple past and past participle swartened)

1. (transitive) to make swart, dark, or swarty; darken
   • 1814, Adolphe Thiers, Historical Works:

     Clad in rags, swartened by the sun, irritable, arrogant, and having at their head officers [...]

2. (intransitive) to become dark; darken

Anagrams

• netwars, strawen, strawne, wanters, warnest

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English sweartian, from Proto-West Germanic *swart?n, from Proto-Germanic *swart?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?swart?n/

Verb

swarten

1. (intransitive, rare) To blacken or darken.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: swart

References

• “swarten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-23.

English

Adjective

swarter

1. comparative form of swart: more swart

Anagrams

• warrest

Middle English

Adjective

swarter

1. comparative degree of swart