brighten
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bright
English -en
English brighten
From bright + -en.
Inflected forms:
form: brightens
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: brightening
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: brightened
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: brightened
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: brighten
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: brighten
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: brightened
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: brighten
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: brightenest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: brightened
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: brightenedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: brightens
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: brighteneth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: brightened
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: brighten
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: brightened
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: brighten
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: brightened
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: brighten
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: brightening
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: brightened
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To make bright or brighter in color.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We brightened the room with a new coat of paint.
gloss: To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The preſent Queen is a Prince of as many and great Virtues as ever filled a Throne: How would it brighten Her Character to the preſent and after Ages, if She would exert Her utmoſt Authority to inſtill ſome Share of thoſe Virtues into Her People, which they are too degenerate to learn only from Her Example.
gloss: To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: to brighten one’s prospects
Having Mark around the place really brightens things up.
An Ecstasie, which Mothers only feel, / Plays round my heart and brightens up my sorrow.
Chances for the measure's success brightened considerably […] with the elimination of the term "sexual orientation" […] The new term, "sexual status," has caused several former opponents of the bill […] to change their votes.
gloss: To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The sun starts to brighten around this time of the year.
The sky brightened as the storm moved on.
gloss: To become brighter or more cheerful in mood
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: She brightened when I changed the subject.
Then his sallow face brightened, for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean. ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
Derived words: brightenable
brightener
brighten up
unbrightened
upbrighten
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: прояснявам се
roman: projasnjavam se
lang: German
word: sich aufhellen
lang: Korean
word: 밝아지다
roman: balgajida
lang: Latin
word: candēscō
lang: Portuguese
word: clarear
lang: Swedish
word: ljusna
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: آیدینلنمق
roman: aydınlanmak