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righten

righten verb: to make right; correct.

Verb

righten (third-person singular simple present rightens, present participle rightening, simple past and past participle rightened)

  1. (transitive) To make right; correct.
  2. (transitive) To set right or upright; right.

Forms of righten

third-person singular presentrightens
present participlerightening
past participlerightened
pastrightened

Origin of righten

From Middle English rightenen, equivalent to right + -en.

Questions about righten

What does righten mean?
Righten means to make right; correct.
What part of speech is righten?
Righten is a verb.
What is the past tense of righten?
The past tense of righten is rightened.

Words near righten in the dictionary

  1. rightdoers
  2. rightdoing
  3. righte
  4. righted
  5. righted the ship
  6. righten
  7. rightened
  8. rightening
  9. rightens
  10. righteo
  11. righteous

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