Word: brightened
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: brigh
tened
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of brighten; make lighter or brighter
Morphemes:
Affix: bright
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: beorht
Language: ang
Decoded: beorht
Meaning: bright, clear
Affix: -ian
Language: ang
Decoded: -ian
Meaning: suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns
Affix: -en
Language: en
Meaning: inchoative
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.