?1492 tr. Reuelacions St. Elysabeth of Hungarye (de Worde) sig. qi^v/1 The spyryte of vnderstondyng by the whiche I may wyth lyghtned soule [a1500 Cambr. Hh.1.11 sowle lyknyd, read lyghtnyd; L. illuminata mente] fulfyll hys mekenes in as moche as is possyble in this worlde.

1578 J. Stockwood Serm. Barthelmew Day 28 Moste lighthened, I woulde saye, most Seraphicall Doctors.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 26 On lightned Minds that bask in Virtue's beams.

1900 F. T. Bullen With Christ at Sea v. 94 To help a fellow wayfarer out of darkness into the Lightened Way of Life.

1844 T. Willement Acct. Restorations Collegiate Chapel St. George, Windsor 13 The removal of all the adventitious colourings from the stone work made the same process necessary to the oak work... The lightened colour of the oak adds considerably to the general brightness of the choir.

1890 R. Beaumont Colour in Woven Design v. 141 Grouping blue and white threads..forms what is called a lightened shade of blue.

1908 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 8 May 357/1 These [negatives]..were pigmented by Mr. F. C. Tilney... The lightened hillside on the left correctly represents sunlit grass.

2014 T. Black Artefacts of Dead xliv. 384 It was Alec Laird on duty, his deep tan and lightened hair proclaiming his recent visit to warmer climes.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. iii. sig. n.iiii With grace circumfulced and lyghtned was England.

1700 J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in Fables 394 Some tumbled Horse and Man, And round the Fields the lighten'd Coursers ran.

1886 R. Broughton Dr. Cupid III. viii. 171 Peggy returns from it with a considerably lightened heart.

2015 CNN.com (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Travel section) Lightened luggage containing just the right outfits.