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Meaning of scarcen | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

/ˈskɛːsən/

Definitions

to become scarce
dialectal, intransitive
to make scarce, meager, or lean
dialectal, transitive

Examples

“"Cap'n Ben says that the steamboats and launches are beginning to scarcen the mackerel and that they are not so plentiful this year as usual."”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

scarcened scarcening scarcens scare scare away scare into