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# waxen

«waxen» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **grown; become** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic form

### modern equivalent

grown; become

### part of speech

verb, past participle of wax (in the Torah sentences); adjective (in the Andersen sentence)

### meaning for a pupil

In the Torah it means having grown or become (rich or poor); in Andersen it means made of wax. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/waxen/#m1)

### how it differs from today

The "made of wax" sense is the same as today; the "grown or become" sense in the Torah sentences is old and no longer used.

### examples

- And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxen rich and find sufficient means to redeem it; (Torah LEV.25.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/waxen/#x1)
- Then the little figures on the tree will become lively, and the little waxen angel at the top spread out his wings of gold-leaf, and fly down from his green perch. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/waxen/#x2)
- And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant. (Torah LEV.25.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/waxen/#x3)

### primary record

grown

### tests

manual 6; corpora 12 (Torah 10, tales 2, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.4 (Torah alone 23.3); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

### In the corpora

- [And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxen rich and find sufficient means to redeem it;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.759/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «waxen» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/waxen/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.