Definition of Brightened

1. Verb. (past of brighten) ¹

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Definition of Brightened

1. brighten [v] - See also: brighten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brightened

bright blue
bright eyed and bushy tailed
bright field
bright field illumination
bright field imaging
bright field microscopy
bright line
bright nail
bright shiny object
bright side
bright spark
bright sparks
bright t1 lesion
brighten
brighten up
brightened
brightener
brighteners
brightening
brightenings
brightens
brighter
brightest
brightfield
brightish
brightly
brightness
brightness constancy
brightness difference threshold
brightness level

Literary usage of Brightened

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

1. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Sir William Crookes, Bruno Kerl, Ernst Otto Röhring (1868)
"In some cases it is advantageous to give an addition of lead to the brightened silver, so as to oxidise and carry away the other base metals. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1904)
"... but if hot the metal can be brightened with a file or polished in the lathe with emery cloth and will remain bright as long as it is hot. ..."

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