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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb brighten has 2 senses
- brighten(v = verb.change) lighten, lighten up - make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room" is one way to alter, change, modify
- brighten(v = verb.weather) clear, clear up, light up - become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm" Sample sentences:
Antonym: darken
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Something ----s
It is ----ing
CIDE DICTIONARY
brighten, v. t.
- To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to. [1913 Webster]"[From
Bright ,a. ]" - To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to. [1913 Webster]"The present queen would brighten her character, if she would exert her authority to instill virtues into her people." [1913 Webster]
- To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects. [1913 Webster]"An ecstasy, which mothers only feel,
Plays round my heart and brightens all my sorrow." [1913 Webster] - To make acute or witty; to enliven. Johnson. [1913 Webster]
brighten, v. i. [AS. beorhtan.].
To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful. [1913 Webster]
"And night shall brighten into day."
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"And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences ere world be past." [1913 Webster]
His heaven commences ere world be past." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
brighten, v.tr. & intr.
1 make or become brighter.
2 make or become more cheerful.
1 make or become brighter.
2 make or become more cheerful.