Definition of lighten

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Lighten (v. t.) To cheer; to exhilarate.

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Alleviation :: Alleviation (n.) The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.
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..
Foulder :: Foulder (v. i.) To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder..
Lighten :: Lighten (v. i.) To descend; to light.
Ignorant :: Ignorant (a.) Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened.
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
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..
Light :: Light (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
Unseel :: Unseel (v. t.) To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten..
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..
Lightning :: Lightning (vb. n.) Lightening.
Lighten :: Lighten (v. i.) To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky..
Illuminate :: Illuminate (a.) Enlightened.
Inform :: Inform (v. t.) To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; -- usually followed by of.
Fulgurant :: Fulgurant (a.) Lightening.
Fulguration :: Fulguration (n.) The act of lightening.
Allege :: Allege (v. t.) To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble..
Reilluminate :: Reilluminate (v. t.) To enlighten again; to reillumine.
Alleviate :: Alleviate (v. t.) To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning..
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