English English Dictionary

To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects.

To make acute or witty; to enliven.

To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful.

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With lively intelligence; intelligently.

Brilliantly; splendidly; with luster; as, brightly shining armor.

The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.

Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.

Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant.

Contentious; quarrelsome.

A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel.

To contend for; to canvass; to solicit.

A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.

A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret.

Brilliancy.

The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.

In a gay, showy, and sparkling style.

A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below.

The smallest size of type used in England printing.