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forlighten en · VERB

Etymology

From for- + lighten, but also continuing (in altered form) earlier forlyten (“to diminish”), from for- + lite + -en.

Meanings

1. (archaic, transitive) To decrease; reduce; diminish; lighten; lighten up.
   • For to forlighten with his sheen / Those sitting sad, in darkest blindness, / In death's cold shade. 1892, William Shepard Walsh, Handy-book of literary curiosities:

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