Definition of lighten

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Lighten (v. t.) To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning..

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Fulgurant :: Fulgurant (a.) Lightening.
Alleviate :: Alleviate (v. t.) To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
Obscurant :: Obscurant (n.) One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom.
Alleviation :: Alleviation (n.) The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.
Illuminate :: Illuminate (a.) Enlightened.
Enlighten :: Enlighten (v. t.) To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth..
Reilluminate :: Reilluminate (v. t.) To enlighten again; to reillumine.
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.
Unseel :: Unseel (v. t.) To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten..
Light :: Light (n.) That which illumines or makes clear to the mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge; information.
Lightening :: Lightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lighte.
Instruct :: Instruct (a.) Instructed; taught; enlightened.
Phase :: Phase (n.) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon..
Enlightenment :: Enlightenment (n.) Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed..
Reillumination :: Reillumination (n.) The act or process of enlightening again.
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning..
Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck..
Foulder :: Foulder (v. i.) To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder..
Enlighten :: Enlighten (v. t.) To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding..
Culture :: Culture (n.) The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.
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