forlighten
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From for- + lighten, but also continuing (in altered form) earlier forlyten (“to diminish”), from for- + lite + -en.
Verb
[edit]forlighten (third-person singular simple present forlightens, present participle forlightening, simple past and past participle forlightened)
- (archaic, transitive) To decrease; reduce; diminish; lighten; lighten up.
- 1892, William Shepard Walsh, Handy-book of literary curiosities:
- For to forlighten with his sheen / Those sitting sad, in darkest blindness, / In death's cold shade.