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▪ I. lightened, ppl. a.1|ˈlaɪt(ə)nd| [f. lighten v.1 + -ed1.] Made light; relieved of a burden.
1700Dryden Flower & L. 297 Some tumbled Horse and Man; Around the Fields the lighten'd Coursers ran. 1886R. Broughton Dr. Cupid III. viii. 171 Peggy returns from it with a considerably lightened heart. ▪ II. lightened, ppl. a.2|ˈlaɪt(ə)nd| [f. lighten v.2 + -ed1.] Enlightened.
1578J. Hockwood Serm. 24 Aug. 28 Moste lighthened, I woulde saye, most Seraphicall Doctors. 1742Young Nt. Th. iii. 383 On lighten'd Minds, that bask in Virtue's Beams. 1900Bullen With Christ at Sea v. 94 To help a fellow wayfarer out of darkness into the Lightened Way of Life. |