STRAIGHTENS

Verb

straightens

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of straighten

Anagrams

• shatterings

Source: Wiktionary


STRAIGHTEN

Straight"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Straighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Straighting.]

1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.

2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account. To straighten one's face, to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one's features.

Straight"en, v. t.

Definition: A variant of Straiten. [Obs. or R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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