lighten.
To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
Meaning & usage
To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets
To become brighter or clearer; to brighten.
To flash lightning, to give off lightning.
To emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
To illuminate with knowledge.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lightnen, equivalent to light + -en.
To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
Sorrow can be lightened by being openly brought out.
Many hands lighten the workload.
To make light or lighter in weight.
To make less serious or more cheerful.
To become light or lighter in weight.
To become less serious or more cheerful.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lightnen, equivalent to light + -en.
To descend; to light.
Where this word comes from
From light + -en.
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