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harshen

[ hahr-shuhn ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become harsh:

    Avarice had harshened his features.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of harshen1

First recorded in 1815–25; harsh + -en 1
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Last season, MLB harshened punishments for pitchers using foreign substances on the baseball.

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A quarter-century ago, the U.S. lived through a different national tragedy only to see migrants demonized and laws harshened.

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The argument over which poor people deserve aid has begun anew thanks to incipient Republican efforts to harshen work requirements attached to welfare programs.

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All this revived the sunny centrism which defined Mr Cameron’s early leadership from 2005, much of which had been shelved as the financial crisis set in and harshened the mood.

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McCarthy has repeatedly urged lawmakers to harshen state and federal gun laws, but Illinois has moved in the other direction, recently sending out the state’s first permits allowing residents to carry concealed firearms.

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