Definitions
alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
Word origin
From Middle English lightnen, equivalent to light + -en.
Used in a sentence
“to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets”
“A Key of fire ran all along the shore, And lighten’d all the river with the blaze:”
“Enter the Conjurer; it lightens and thunders […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Make brighter”7 letters
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