What does ranken mean?
Ranken means (rare, ambitransitive) To make or become rank.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(rare, ambitransitive) To make or become rank.
In a word, it is good for nothing but to despatch men out of the world that are burdensome, and to ranken churchyards.
His glance passed again over the patched-up rigs and spavined horses dejectedly standing in this rain-rankened muck.
The room smoked with cold. Smoke rankened the air.
Use ranken when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ranken means (rare, ambitransitive) To make or become rank.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In a word, it is good for nothing but to despatch men out of the world that are burdensome, and to ranken churchyards.
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