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Definición y significado de lighten

Definición

lighten (v. trans.)

1.take the burden off; remove the burden from"unburden the donkey"

lighten (v.)

1.become lighter"The room lightened up"

2.become brighter"The sky brightened"

3.make lighter or brighter"The paint will brighten the room"

4.become more cheerful"after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"

5.make more cheerful"the conversation lightened me up a bit"

6.alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive"relieve the pressure and the stress" "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"

7.reduce the weight on; make lighter"she lightened the load on the tired donkey"

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Merriam Webster

LightenLight"en (līt"'n), v. i. [See Light to alight.] To descend; to light.

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us. Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.].

LightenLight"en (līt"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lightened (līt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lightening.] [OE. lightenen. See Light to kindle, illuminate.]
1. To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.

This dreadful night,
That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars
As doth the lion.
Shak.

2. To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.

LightenLight"en, v. t. [See Light to illuminate.]
1. To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets. [In this sense less common than light.]

A key of fire ran all along the shore,
And lightened all the river with a blaze.
Dryden.

2. To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten. [In this sense less common than enlighten.]

Lighten my spirit with one clear heavenly ray. Sir J. Davies.

3. To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.

His eye . . . lightens forth
Controlling majesty.
Shak.

4. To free from trouble and fill with joy.

They looked unto him, and were lightened. Ps. xxxiv. 5.

LightenLight"en, v. t. [See Light not heavy.]
1. 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.

2. To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief.

3. To cheer; to exhilarate.

Lightens my humor with his merry jests. Shak.

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