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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.
lighten (v.)
alleviate, become less heavy, become lighter, brighten, buoy up, clear up, console, disburden, facilitate, give light, gladden, illume, illuminate, illumine, light, lighten up, light up, make easy, make less heavy, reduce the weight, relieve, shine, unburden, unweight
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lighten (v. trans.)
↘ discharge, facilitation, illuminated, lighted, lighting, lit, theater light, well-lighted ≠ burden, burthen, weigh, weight, weight down
lighten (v.)
lighten (v.)
devenir moins lourd (fr)[Classe]
lighten (v.)
alter, change[Hyper.]
darken, lour, lower[Ant.]
lighten (v.)
alter, change, modify[Hyper.]
blacken, darken[Ant.]
lighten (v.)
cheer, cheer up, chirk up[Hyper.]
lighten (v.)
lighten (v.)
mitigate[Hyper.]
lighten (v.)
lighten (v. intr.)
lighten (v. tr.)
lighten (v. tr.)
éclairer (fr)[Classe]
briller : émettre une lumière vive (fr)[Classe...]
lighten (v. tr.)
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