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upbrightens

upbrightens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of upbrighten.

Meaning of upbrighten

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

Questions about upbrightens

What is upbrightens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Upbrightens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of upbrighten.

Words near upbrightens in the dictionary

  1. upbreeze
  2. upbreezes
  3. upbrighten
  4. upbrightened
  5. upbrightening
  6. upbrightens
  7. upbrim
  8. upbring
  9. upbringing
  10. upbringings
  11. upbrings

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