(physics, astronomy) Of a star, specifically its poles: brighter due to gravity brightening.

(physics, astronomy) Brightened by limb brightening.

present participle of brighten up

simple past tense and past participle of brighten up

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brighten up

(rare, literary, dated) comparative form of brightly: more brightly.

plural of brightener

A whitesmith.

plural of brightsmith

(phonology) A sound change in the early Anglo-Frisian languages in which the vowel /ɑ/ was fronted to /æ/.