bright
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: brīt
ipa: /bɹaɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: brights
form: brighting
form: brighted
form: brighted
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: bright
form: bright
form: brighted
form: bright
form: brightest
form: brighted
form: brightedst
form: brights
form: brighteth
form: brighted
form: bright
form: brighted
form: bright
form: brighted
form: bright
form: -
form: brighting
form: brighted
Etymology: From Middle English brighten (“to illuminate; to become light, dawn; (figuratively) to cleanse, purify; to clarify, explain”) [and other forms], from Old English beorhtian (“to brighten, shine; to sound clearly or loudly”) [and other forms], probably from beorht (“bright, clear”, adjective) (see further at etymology 1) + -ian (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns). Later uses of the word are probably also derived from the adjective.
Senses: synonyms: word: enlighten
word: light
word: alight
word: belight
word: beshine
word: bright
word: enlighten
word: fire
word: illume
word: illuminate
word: illumine
word: illustrate
word: irradiate
word: light
word: lighten
word: light up
word: luster
word: lustrate
word: shed light on
glosses: Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
examples: text: Toward Mid-day he [the Sun] brighteth the Air into a chearful Saphir, and guildeth the Borders of the very Clouds with a coſtly limbus.
ref: 1686, J[ohn] Goad, “The Sun, the Great Light, Justly Admired. […]”, in Astro-meteorologica, or, Aphorisms and Large Significant Discourses of the Natures and Influences of the Cœlestial Bodies; […], 2nd edition, London: […] O[badiah] B[lagrave] and sold by John Sprint, […], published 1699, →OCLC, book I, § 2, page 14:
synonyms: word: embrighten
english: to cause to be bright
translation: to cause to be bright
word: enliven
english: to make energetic
translation: to make energetic
word: delight
word: gladden
word: please
english: to make happy
translation: to make happy
word: animate
word: arouse
word: awaken
word: beghast
word: leaven
word: bright
word: brighten
word: cheer
word: energize
word: enliven
word: enthuse
word: exalt
word: excite
word: fire up
word: ginger
word: ginger up
word: inflame
word: invigorate
word: inspire
word: inspirit
word: jazz
word: kindle
word: liven
word: liven up
word: perk up
word: quicken
word: spice
word: spice up
word: stimulate
word: vitalise
word: beatify
word: begladden
word: blissen
word: bright
word: cheer
word: cheer up
word: content
word: delight
word: elate
word: enbliss
word: exhilarate
word: fain
word: gay
word: gladden
word: gladden someone's heart
word: gratify
word: happify
word: happy
word: hearten
word: jollify
word: laetificate
word: light up
word: make someone's day
word: perk up
word: please
word: raise someone's spirits
word: rejoice
word: turn the frown upside down
word: upcheer
word: warm someone's heart
word: warm the cockles of someone's heart
glosses: Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
examples: text: Day brighteth at the smile o' her and yea, He hath aplanted full o' seed for harvesting by thy loving.
ref: 1915, Keith Ringkamp, editor, The Patience Worth Record, volume I, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, published 2008, →ISBN, page 238:
glosses: Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.