Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten

The act or result of making something light or lighter. / (medicine) The sensation caused by the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity before the onset of labour

(obsolete or proscribed) Alternative form of lightning

present participle of lighten

(transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of. / (transitive) To make light or lighter in weight. / (transitive) To make less serious or more cheerful.

(transitive) To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate. / (intransitive) To become brighter or clearer; to brighten. / (intransitive, now rare) To flash lightning, to give off lightning.

To descend; to light.

That which lightens.

simple past tense and past participle of lighten

plural of lightening