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upbrighten

upbrighten verb: to make or become brighter.

Verb

upbrighten (third-person singular simple present upbrightens, present participle upbrightening, simple past and past participle upbrightened)

  1. (ambitransitive, poetic) To make or become brighter.
    • I looked on thee, at first, as looks the sun / Upon the earth upbrightening in his glance, […]1904, Louis Kaufman Anspacher, Tristan and Isolde: A Tragedy, page 69

Forms of upbrighten

third-person singular presentupbrightens
present participleupbrightening
past participleupbrightened
pastupbrightened

Origin of upbrighten

From up- + brighten.

Questions about upbrighten

What does upbrighten mean?
Upbrighten means to make or become brighter.
What part of speech is upbrighten?
Upbrighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of upbrighten?
The past tense of upbrighten is upbrightened.

Words near upbrighten in the dictionary

  1. upbreed
  2. upbreeding
  3. upbreeds
  4. upbreeze
  5. upbreezes
  6. upbrighten
  7. upbrightened
  8. upbrightening
  9. upbrightens
  10. upbrim
  11. upbring

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