Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Straighted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Straighting.]
1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight
form.
2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to
straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
To straighten one's face, to cease laughing or smiling,
etc., and compose one's features.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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