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・ light-ship
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lighten
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lighten : 英英辞書
Light"en
(lt"'n), v. i.[See Light to alight.] To descend; to light.
O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us.
Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.].

Light"en
(lt"'n), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Lightened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Lightening.] [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.

Light"en
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. [In this sense less common than light.]
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. [In this sense less common than 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.

Light"en
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.



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