youthen

English

Etymology

youth +‎ -en

Verb

youthen (third-person singular simple present youthens, present participle youthening, simple past and past participle youthened)

1. (transitive, nonstandard) To make younger.
   • 1897, George Egerton, Symphonies (page 97)

     It youthened her, melted the stark, hungry grip about her mouth.

   • 1966, Congress for Cultural Freedom, Encounter, Volume 26 (page 84)

     Mr. Wilson can hardly be unaware that once a writer chooses to youthen or resurrect a word, it lives again...

2. (transitive, nonstandard) To become younger.
   • 2008, Patrice Rancour, Tales from the Pager Chronicles (page 7)

     He nods, time traveling to a point when there were no central lines, no low blood counts, no immunosuppressive drugs. His face youthens momentarily as he bridges back to a point on a timeline that has none of this devastation on it.