hoarsen, v.
(ˈhɔəs(ə)n)
[f. hoarse a. + -en5.]
1. trans. To make hoarse.
| 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) V. vii. 79, I shall be obliged to hoarsen my voice, and roughen my character. 1881 Palgrave Vis. Eng., Tower of Doom ii, Hoarsening the cry Of those who watch'd. 1886 Baring-Gould Gold. Feather i, The sore throat..hoarsened her voice. |
2. intr. To become hoarse; to sound hoarsely.
| 1798 Landor Gebir vii. 148 The brazen clarion hoarsens. 1894 Hall Caine Manxman 435 His voice had hoarsened. |
Hence ˈhoarsened ppl. a.
| 1798 Landor Gebir i. 135 To tune afresh the hoarsened reed. 1876 Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. v. xl, The last words had a perceptible irony in their hoarsened tone. |