Definition of Rightens

1. Verb. (third-person singular of righten) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rightens

1. righten [v] - See also: righten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rightens

right ventricular hypertrophy
right whale
right wing
rightable
rightabout
rightabouts
rightard
rightards
righted
righten
rightened
rightening
rightens (current term)
righteo
righteous
righteoused
righteousing
righteously
righteousness
righteousnesses
righter
righter than rain
righters
rightest
righteye flounder
righteyed flounder
rightful

Literary usage of Rightens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Letters of Paul the Apostle by Lyman Abbott (1898)
"The meaning is not that he might be righteous notwithstanding he rightens, but that he might be seen to possess a righteousness which ..."

2. Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced by John Bartlett (1906)
"Hope elevates, and joy I'-rightens his crest. Line ess. Left that command Sole daughter of his voice.1 Line 652. Earth felt the wound ; and Nature from her ..."

3. The Autobiography and Diary of Mr. James Melvill, with a Continuation of the by James Melville (1842)
"... co- mending that wrang to God, the rightens Judge, convenit sa monie as [they] might in the fields, and conforting them selves ..."

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