heaten

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhiːtən/ Rhymes: -iːtən === Etymology 1 === From heat +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== heaten (third-person singular simple present heatens, present participle heatening, simple past and past participle heatened) (ambitransitive, literal, figurative) To increase in heat; make or become hotter === Etymology 2 === Probably formed on the analogy of beat:beat:beaten by speakers who use heat or het for the simple past of heat (“to make hot”). ==== Alternative forms ==== hetten (dialectal) ==== Verb ==== heaten (rare, nonstandard) past participle of heat === Anagrams === ethane == Middle English == === Verb === heaten (Early Middle English) alternative form of heten (“to heat”) == Swedish == === Noun === heaten definite plural of heat