Past tense of lighten

Forms of lighten

Lightened in a sentence

• Sorrow can be lightened by being openly brought out.
• When the sky lightened in another of those diffuse spasms, I could see horsepucky pats, some of them fresh.2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 804. From the entry horse pucky
• Thus the unendurable burden on the temples was lightened.1990, Eduard B. Vermeer, Development and Decline of Fukien Province in the 17th and 18th Centuries, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 97. From the entry landholding
• The foofoo had a very good texture, neither too light nor too heavy; no doubt the cassava had been lightened with green bananas.1965, Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God, Penguin Classics (2010), page 168. From the entry foofoo
• In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers, the ends, the knees, the houghs of the knees.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses. From the entry hough

Meaning of lighten

1. verb To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
2. verb To become brighter or clearer; to brighten.
3. verb To flash lightning, to give off lightning.

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Questions about the past tense of lighten

What is the past tense of lighten?

The past tense of lighten is lightened.

What is the past participle of lighten?

The past participle of lighten is lightened.

Is lighten a regular or irregular verb?

Lighten is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.