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  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.]
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              A key of fire ran all along the shore,
              And lightened all the river with a blaze. --Dryden.
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     2. To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten. [In this sense
        less common than enlighten.]
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              Lighten my spirit with one clear heavenly ray. --Sir
                                                    J. Davies.
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     3. To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out,
        like lightning.
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              His eye . . . lightens forth
              Controlling majesty.                  --Shak.
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     4. To free from trouble and fill with joy.
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              They looked unto him, and were lightened. --Ps.
                                                    xxxiv. 5.
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  Lighten \Light"en\ (l[imac]t"'n), v. i. [See Light to alight.]
     To descend; to light.
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           O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us.   --Book of
                                                    Common Prayer
                                                    [Eng. Ed.].
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  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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  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.
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     2. To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as,
        to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief.
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     3. To cheer; to exhilarate.
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              Lightens my humor with his merry jests. --Shak.
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  Lighten \Light"en\ (l[imac]t"'n), v. i. [See Light to alight.]
     To descend; to light.
  
           O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us.   --Book of
                                                    Common Prayer
                                                    [Eng. Ed.].

  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.
  
              Lightens my humor with his merry jests. --Shak.

  Lighten \Light"en\ (l[imac]t"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     Lightened (-'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.
  
              This dreadful night, That thunders, lightens, opens
              graves, and roars As doth the lion.   --Shak.
  
     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.           --Dryden.
  
     2. To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten. [In this sense
        less common than enlighten.]
  
              Lighten my spirit with one clear heavenly ray. --Sir
                                                    J. Davies.
  
     3. To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out,
        like lightning.
  
              His eye . . . lightens forth Controlling majesty.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     4. To free from trouble and fill with joy.
  
              They looked unto him, and were lightened. --Ps.
                                                    xxxiv. 5.

  lighten
       v 1: make more cheerful [syn: buoy up] [ant: weigh down]
       2: make more cheerful [syn: buoy up]
       3: make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"
          [syn: brighten, lighten up] [ant: darken]
       4: become brighter; "The sky brightened" [syn: brighten]
          [ant: darken]
       5: become lighter; "The room lightened up" [syn: lighten up]

  lighten
     Αγγλικά vb.
     αλαφραίνω, ανακουφίζω

  lighten
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make light or lighter in weight.
     3 (lb en transitive) To make less serious or more cheerful.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To become light or lighter in weight.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To become less serious or more cheerful.
     vb.
     To descend; to light.

  lighten
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make light or lighter in weight.
     3 (lb en transitive) To make less serious or more cheerful.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To become light or lighter in weight.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To become less serious or more cheerful.
     vb.
     To descend; to light.

  lighten
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make light or lighter in weight.
     3 (lb en transitive) To make less serious or more cheerful.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To become light or lighter in weight.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To become less serious or more cheerful.
     vb.
     To descend; to light.

  lighten
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make light or lighter in weight.
     3 (lb en transitive) To make less serious or more cheerful.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To become light or lighter in weight.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To become less serious or more cheerful.
     vb.
     To descend; to light.

  lighten
     Englanti vb.
     keventää

  lighten
     Engelska vb.
     lättna, göra lätt(are)

  Lighten /lˈaɪtən/
  خفّف

  lighten //ˈlaɪ.tən// 
  1. просветлявам
  to become brighter or clearer
  2. святкам
  to flash lightning, to give off lightning
  3. осветявам
  to make brighter or clearer
  4. облекчавам
  to alleviate
  5. смекчавам
  to make less serious

  lighten /lˈaɪtən/ 
  ulehčit

  lighten /lˈaɪtən/ 
  rozjasnit

  lighten /lˈaɪtən/ 
  ysgafnhau 

  lighten /lˈaɪtən/ 
  ysgafnu 

  lighten /lˈaɪtən/ 
  erhellen, erleuchten 
     Synonym: brighten
  
   see: lightening, brightening, lightened, brightened
  

  lighten /lˈaɪtən/ 
  erleichtern, entlasten 
   see: lightening, lightened, lightens, lightened
  

  lighten /lˈaɪtən/ 
  leichter werden 
   see: lightening, lightened
  

  lighten //ˈlaɪ.tən// 
  1. kirkastua, valaistua
  to become brighter or clearer
  2. keventyä, kevetä
  to become light in weight
  3. kirkastaa, valaista
  to make brighter or clearer
  4. keventää 2.
  to alleviate
   3.
  to make less serious
   4.
  to make light in weight
  5. keventyä
  to become less serious

  lighten /lˈaɪtən/ 
  1. हल्का करना
        "There is a need to lighten the weight of books/courses on young children."
  2. गम्भीरता हटना
        "As the speaker imploded his plans the mood of the audience gradually lightened."
  3. चिन्तामुक्त होना
        "My heart was lightened when I got the news that he had reached his destination quite safely."

  lighten /lˈaɪtən/ 
  1. प्रकाश बढाना
        "The new lights have lightened the room considerably."
  2. चमक उठना
        "His face lightened at the news of a raise in his salary."

  lighten /lˈaɪtən/
  obasjati, olakšati, osvijetliti

  lighten /laitn/
  fulgere

  lighten /laitn/
  bliksemen, flikkeren, flitsen

  lighten /ˈlaɪtən/ 
   1.  rozjaśniać się, rozjaśniać
   2.  zmniejszać wagę

  lighten /laitn/
  relampaguear

  lighten //ˈlaɪ.tən// 
  lätta 2.
  to become light in weight
   3.
  to alleviate
   4.
  to become less serious
   5.
  to make less serious
   6.
  to make light in weight

  lighten /lˈaɪtən/
  1. hafifletmek, yükünü azaltmak
  2. neşelendirmek, sevindirmek
  3. yükü azalmak, hafiflemek
  4. neşelenmek.

  lighten /lˈaɪtən/
  1. aydınlatmak, ışık saçmak.

  
/ˈɫaɪtən/

  98 Moby Thesaurus words for "lighten":
     abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attemper, attenuate,
     bank the fire, be light, beacon, blunt, break, brighten,
     brighten up, chasten, cheer up, constrain, control, damp, dampen,
     dawn, de-emphasize, deaden, dilute, diminish, disburden,
     disembarrass, disencumber, downplay, dull, ease, enlighten,
     extenuate, flood with light, floodlight, gladden, grow bright,
     grow light, have little weight, highlight, illume, illuminate,
     illumine, irradiate, keep within bounds, kick the beam, lay,
     lenify, lessen, light, light up, luminate, make light,
     make lighter, mitigate, moderate, modulate, mollify, obtund,
     off-load, overshine, palliate, play down, reduce,
     reduce the temperature, reduce weight, relieve, relume, relumine,
     restrain, set at ease, shed light upon, shine, shine upon, slacken,
     slow down, smile, smother, sober, sober down, soften, spotlight,
     stifle, subdue, suppress, tame, temper, thin, throw light upon,
     tone down, tune down, unballast, unburden, underplay, unfreight,
     unlade, unload, weaken, weigh lightly
  
  

  v. 点亮,变亮,减轻;

     vt. 加亮,照亮,点亮,减轻,使轻松,闪出
     vi. 发亮,打闪,变轻