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golden

/ˈɡoʊl.dən/ verb C2
  1. To become gold or golden (in color). (intransitive)
  2. To make golden or like gold. (transitive)

He/she/it goldens · Past goldened · Past participle goldened · -ing form goldening

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Verb forms

Base form
golden
He/she/it
goldens
Past
goldened
Past participle
goldened
-ing form
goldening

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“Why do you have to obey the charm of the Golden Cap?” she asked.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 98 · B2
But my grandfather pleaded hard, for he knew the Monkeys would drown in the river with their wings tied, and Quelala said a kind word for them also; so that Gayelette finally spared them, on condition that the Winged Monkeys should ever after do three times the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 100 · B2
Of course my grandfather and all the other Monkeys at once agreed to the condition, and that is how it happens that we are three times the slaves of the owner of the Golden Cap, whosoever he may be.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 100 · B2
The apartment destined for the purpose was spacious and lighted by a number of windows, over each of which was written in golden letters for some inexplicable reason the name of one of the principal cities of France; beneath these windows a wooden balcony extended the entire length of the house.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 21 · C1

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