lighten

[Light·en]

To lighten something is to make it brighter or shine a light on it. You can lighten your dark basement room with plenty of lamps and a coat of white paint.

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To descend; to light.

Verb
become lighter; "The room lightened up"

Verb
become brighter; "The sky brightened"

Verb
make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"

Verb
make more cheerful

v. i.
To descend; to light.

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.

v. i.
To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.

v. t.
To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.

v. t.
To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.

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

v. t.
To free from trouble and fill with joy.

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.

v. t.
To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief.

v. t.
To cheer; to exhilarate.

Lighten

Light"en , v. i. [See Light to alight.] To descend; to light.

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us.

Lighten

Light"en , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lightened ; 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.

2. To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.

Lighten

Light"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.

2. To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten. [In this sense less common than enlighten.]

Lighten my spirit with one clear heavenly ray.

3. To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.

His eye . . . lightens forth Controlling majesty.

4. To free from trouble and fill with joy.

They looked unto him, were lightened.

Lighten

Light"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.

Lighens my humor with his merry jests.

To descend; to light.

To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.

To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.

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.

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Usage Examples

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

When we're on set, we kind of joke around, and when we're rehearsing, we change up the scenes and make each other laugh. We lighten up the mood. The blooper reel is going to be amazing on 'New Moon.'

Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.

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Other Usage Examples

I need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up.

More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.

If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well.