verb
lowen
verb
1
To lower something, or to become lower.
"The workers lowened the beam carefully onto its supports."
"The tide lowened as the afternoon wore on."
How to Use Lowen
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old or dialectal way of saying "to lower" or "to go down."
When to use it
Archaic or dialectal; modern English almost always just uses "lower" instead.
Word Forms
lowened past tense, lowens singular
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Etymology
Formed from "low" plus the verb-forming suffix "-en", on the same pattern as "widen" or "deepen."