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slighted

English

Verb

slighted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of slight

Anagrams

  • delights

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slighten

English

Etymology

From slight +? -en. Related to German schlichten (“to smoothen”). More at slight.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sla?.t?n/

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become slight; make or become less pronounced, less noticeable, or less obvious.
  2. (transitive) To slight.
    • 1603, Ben Jonson, Sejanus His Fall
      It is an odious wisdom to blaspheme,
      Much more to slighten, or deny their powers
  3. (transitive, regional) To level out, smooth, or flatten.

References

  • The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Anagrams

  • enlights, lightens, slingeth

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