slighten
English
Etymology
From slight + -en. Related to German schlichten (“to smoothen”). More at slight.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slaɪ.tən/
Verb
slighten (third-person singular simple present slightens, present participle slightening, simple past and past participle slightened)
- (transitive, obsolete) To slight.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
- (transitive, regional) To smooth or flatten.
- to slighten the sheets out
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Anagrams
- enlights, lightens, slingeth