wilden

From wild +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪldən/

wilden (third-person singular simple present wildens, present participle wildening, simple past and past participle wildened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to make or become wild or wilder
   • 1965, Wayland Hilton Young, Wayland Kennet, Thirty-four Articles, page 70:

     The glorification of the business-man which is the effect of the present government's capital profits, expense account and pension fund policies is ‘wildening’ our capitalism.

   • 2010, Poul Anderson, Operation Luna:

     His alembic furnished Highland spring water. We sat for a while in companionable silence. The weather wildened.

   • 2011, K. S. Mulholland, Varlarsaga, volume 2, page 114:

     In any event, our relations with Dorthillion have become poor since the ways have wildened.

• Windle, windle

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• Rhymes: -ɪldən

wilden

1. inflection of willen:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

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wilden

1. inflection of wild:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural