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PROUDEN, v. To make (someone) proud.ne.Sc. 1958 Jessie Kesson The White Bird Passes (1987) 128:
"You can see from that, that I'm gey ill," she had said quietly, proudened by the impression the unfamiliar name of her illness had made on Janie.Edb. 2000s:
She was proudened when her laddie graduated.
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