sighten (English, verb)
expansion: sighten (third-person singular simple present sightens, present participle sightening, simple past and past participle sightened)
Senses:
qualifier: calico-printing
glosses: To add a fugitive colour to (a paste), to enable the printer to determine whether the figures are well-printed or not.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: sightens
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sightening
tags: participle
present
form: sightened
tags: participle
past
form: sightened
tags: past