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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. make or become coarse or coarser;
- Example: "coarsen the surface"
- Example: "Their minds coarsened"

2. make less subtle or refined;
- Example: "coarsen one's ideals"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coarsen \Coars"en\ (k[=o]rs"'n), v. t.
   To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character.
   [R.] --Graham.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

coarsen
    v 1: make or become coarse or coarser; "coarsen the surface";
         "Their minds coarsened"
    2: make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals"