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sightens

sightens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sighten.

Meaning of sighten

Verb

sighten (third-person singular simple present sightens, present participle sightening, simple past and past participle sightened)

  1. (transitive, calico-printing) To add a fugitive colour to (a paste), to enable the printer to determine whether the figures are well-printed or not.
    • The iron liquor should be sightened with logwood.1830, Samuel Frederick Gray, The Chemistry of the Arts

Questions about sightens

What is sightens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sightens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sighten.

Words near sightens in the dictionary

  1. sightedness
  2. sighten
  3. sightened
  4. sightening
  5. sightenings
  6. sightens
  7. sighter
  8. sighters
  9. sightful
  10. sightfulness
  11. Sighthill

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