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Rarewaxen
The correct spelling is waxen.
How to pronounce waxen
adjective
Say it like: Wax-en
The correct spelling is waxen. Grown. For example: "a waxen tablet"
Usage Examples
“a waxen tablet”
Meanings
adjective
- 1.Grown.
- 2.Made of wax; covered with wax.
- 3.Of or pertaining to wax.
- 4.Having the pale smooth characteristics of wax, waxlike, waxy.
- 5.Easily effaced, as if written in wax.
verb
- 1.To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
- 2.To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
- 3.To defeat utterly.
- 4.To kill, especially to murder a person.
- 5.(usually of a musical or oral performance) To record.
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