English Explanatory Dictionary

sighten

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To add a fugitive colour to (a paste), to enable the printer to determine whether the figures are well-printed or not.

Word forms

sighten sightens sightening sightened

Etymology

From sight + -en.

Derived words

sightening
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