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Webster's English Dictionary

lighten

v. i. [See Light to alight.] To descend; to light. ()

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us. (Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.].)

v. i. [OE. lightenen. See Light to kindle, illuminate.]1. To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash. ()

This dreadful night, That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars As doth the lion. (Shak.)

2. To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky. ()

v. t. [See Light to illuminate.]1. To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets. ()

A key of fire ran all along the shore, And lightened all the river with a blaze. (Dryden.)

2. To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten. ()

Lighten my spirit with one clear heavenly ray. (Sir J. Davies.)

3. To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning. ()

His eye . . . lightens forth Controlling majesty. (Shak.)

4. To free from trouble and fill with joy. ()

They looked unto him, and were lightened. (Ps. xxxiv. 5.)

v. t. [See Light not heavy.]1. To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden. ()

2. To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief. ()

3. To cheer; to exhilarate. ()

Lightens my humor with his merry jests. (Shak.)