LIGHTEN
\lˈa͡ɪtən], \lˈaɪtən], \l_ˈaɪ_t_ə_n]\
Definitions of LIGHTEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.
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To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.
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To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.
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To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
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To free from trouble and fill with joy.
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To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden.
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To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief.
By Oddity Software
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To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.
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To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.
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To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.
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To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
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To free from trouble and fill with joy.
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To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden.
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To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief.
By Noah Webster.
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To make clear or bright; to illumine; make less heavy; to cheer; as, kind words lighten the heart.
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To brighten; shine out; flash, as in an electric storm; to become less heavy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make light or clear: (fig.) to illuminate with knowledge: (B.) to free from trouble.
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To shine like lightning: to flash: to become less dark.
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To make lighter or less heavy: to alleviate: to cheer.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To make or become light or lighter; illuminate; enlighten; emit, as a flash of lightning.
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To relieve of weight or distress; gladden; becomeless weighty.
By James Champlin Fernald
