RIGHTEN

Etymology

Verb

righten (third-person singular simple present rightens, present participle rightening, simple past and past participle rightened)

(transitive) To make right; correct.

(transitive) To set right or upright; right.

Anagrams

• Enright, Ginther, nighter, ringeth, thinger

Source: Wiktionary


Right"en, v. t.

Definition: To do justice to. [Obs.] Relieve [marginal reading, righten] the opressed. Isa. i. 17.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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