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Definition of Harshen
1. Verb. Make harsh or harsher. "Winter harshened the look of the city"
Definition of Harshen
1. Verb. To make, or to become harsh ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Harshen
1. to make harsh [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: harsh
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harshen
Literary usage of Harshen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India: To Wit, Hindi by John Beames (1872)
"... and that they have sprung partly from a tendency to harshen the pronunciation
of the dentals, acquired by the Aryans from their non-Aryan neighbours ..."
2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"harshen, to harden, or make harsh. Three years of prison might be some ex- cnsc
for a soured aud ..."
3. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"... and that they have sprung partly from a tendency to harshen the pronunciation
of the dentals acquired by the Aryans from their non-Aryan neighbours ..."
4. Vital Records of Manchester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Manchester (Mass.) (1903)
"7, 1731. William, a. Jonathan [ar. c. it.] and Mary, Aug. II, 1752. harshen (see
also Hassam), Joseph, a. Jonathan and Mary, Jan. 25, 1747-8. ..."
5. The Nine Days' Queen, Lady Jane Gray, and Her Times by Richard Davey, Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1909)
"The aquiline features, which age was to harshen, were softened at this early
period by the roundness of youth ; and the brilliant complexion stood in no ..."
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