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brighted

brighted is the simple past and past participle of bright.

Meaning of bright

Verb

bright (third-person singular simple present brights, present participle brighting, simple past and past participle brighted)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
  2. (UK, dialectal, figuratively, transitive) Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
    • Toward Mid-day he [the Sun] brighteth the Air into a chearful Saphir, and guildeth the Borders of the very Clouds with a coſtly limbus.1686, J[ohn] Goad, “The Sun, the Great Light, Justly Admired. […]”, in Astro-meteorologica, or, Aphorisms and Large Significant Discourses of the Natures and Influences of the Cœlestial Bodies; […]...
  3. (UK, also, dialectal, figuratively, intransitive) Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
    • Day brighteth at the smile o' her and yea, He hath aplanted full o' seed for harvesting by thy loving.1915, Keith Ringkamp, editor, The Patience Worth Record, volume I, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, published 2008, →ISBN, page 238

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Questions about brighted

What is brighted the simple past and past participle of?
Brighted is the simple past and past participle of bright.

Words near brighted in the dictionary

  1. bright-line rules
  2. bright-rumped attila
  3. bright-rumped attilas
  4. Brightbill
  5. Brightbills
  6. brighted
  7. brightedst
  8. brighten
  9. brighten up
  10. brightenable
  11. brightened

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