Lightened

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lighten \Light"en\ (l[imac]t"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Lightened} (l[imac]t"'nd); 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.


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              This dreadful night,
              That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars
              As doth the lion.                     --Shak.
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     2. To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to
        brighten; to clear, as the sky.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "lightened":
     ablaze, aglow, alight, bathed with light, bespangled, blanched,
     bleached, bleached white, brightened, candlelit, decolored,
     decolorized, drained, drained of color, enlightened, firelit,
     gaslit, illuminated, in a blaze, irradiate, irradiated, lamplit,
     lanternlit, lighted, lit, lit up, luminous, moonlit, spangled,
     star-spangled, star-studded, starlit, studded, sunlit, tinseled,
     whitened