2. Noun. An instance of becoming brighter ¹
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Definition of Brightening
1. brighten [v] - See also: brighten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brightening
Literary usage of Brightening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch (1842)
"ROM brightening fields of ether fair-disclos'd, of the sun, refulgent SUMMER
comes, In pride of youth, and felt through nature's depth : He comes attended ..."
2. Galvanoplastic Manipulations: A Practical Guide for the Gold and Silver by William Henry Wahl, Alfred Roseleur (1883)
"Gore affirms, in explanation of the peculiar behavior of the brightening solution,
that the silver deposited is not the pure metal, and that he has found ..."
3. History of the United States of America, Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1913)
"The financial prospect of the country was brightening. Business rested upon a
more durable basis than at any ..."
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