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Webster 1913 Edition


Slighten

Slight′en

,
Verb.
T.
To slight.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Slighten

SLIGHTEN

,
Verb.
T.
To slight or disregard. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


slighten

slighten

English

Verb

slighten (third-person singular simple present slightens, present participle slightening, simple past and past participle slightened)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To slight.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
  2. (regional) To smooth or flatten.
    To slighten the sheets out.

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