Definition of lighten

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Lighten (v. t.) 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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Lighten :: Lighten (v. i.) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash..
Lightning :: Lightning (vb. n.) Lightening.
Inlighten :: Inlighten (v. t.) See Enlighten.
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To free from trouble and fill with joy.
Allege :: Allege (v. t.) To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble..
Light :: Light (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Literally, those who are enlightened.
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.
Instruct :: Instruct (v. t.) To form by communication of knowledge; to inform the mind of; to impart knowledge or information to; to enlighten; to teach; to discipline.
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief..
Heathen :: Heathen (a.) Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
Obscurant :: Obscurant (n.) One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom.
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets..
Irradiate :: Irradiate (v. t.) To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind..
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) 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..
Lightened :: Lightened (imp. & p. p.) of Lighte.
Alleviate :: Alleviate (v. t.) To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate..
Illighten :: Illighten (v. t.) To enlighten.
Buddhism :: Buddhism (n.) The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by the Hindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, the awakened or enlightened, in the sixth century b. c., and adopted as a religion by the greater part of the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Asia and the Indian Islands. Buddha's teaching is believed to have been atheistic; yet it was characterized by elevated humanity and morality. It presents release from existence (a beatific enfranchisement, Nirvana) as the greatest
Lamp :: Lamp (n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp..
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