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n.
The act of lightening.
n.
The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.
v. t.
To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
vb. n.
Lightening.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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v. i.
To descend; to light.
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 make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.
v. i.
To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.
v. t.
To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
v. t.
To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
a.
Lightening.
n.
The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.
v. t.
To free from trouble and fill with joy.
v. t.
To lighten; to allay.
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.
imp. & p. p.
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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 cheer; to exhilarate.
v. i.
To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.
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