Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)To decrease; reduce; diminish; lighten; lighten up.

Origin

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

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

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Forms

forlightens, forlightening, forlightened, forlightened
Base formforlighten · to forlighten
3rd person singularforlightens
Present participleforlightening
Past simpleforlightened
Past participleforlightened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforlighten
he, she, itforlightens

Past simpleLesson

all personsforlightened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave forlightened
he, she, ithas forlightened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forlighten

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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