brighten
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- transitive and intransitive verb To make or become bright or brighter.
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- I wish you could have seen Aunt Esther's eyes brighten, and mother's pale face all in a smile, and father, as I unfolded the letter and began. — The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe
- I was still kneeling by the gulph in prayer when the cliffs began to brighten, and the beams of the morning sun to strike against me. — Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents
- But then Dubrovnik seemed to brighten, and before I could lunge forward he took a step backwards, stiffened his body, and leapt through the huge, gleaming, shimmering pane of glass. — Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
- If a face so shaded can brighten, his face brightens somewhat; and by little and little he eats the slice of bread he had so hopelessly laid down. — Bleak House
- "Ladies brighten --" — Howards End
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/ (brītˈn)/
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