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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tighten \Tight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tightened; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Tightening.]
     To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any
     manner.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Just where I please, with tightened rein
           I'll urge thee round the dusty plain.    --Fawkes.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is
        forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tighten \Tight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tightened; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Tightening.]
     To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any
     manner.
  
           Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee
           round the dusty plain.                   --Fawkes.
  
     Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is
        forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.

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