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a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxiv. §5. 88 Righten [L. Dirige] me in thi sothfastnes and lere me..Righten me, fleand errours..that i lif rightwisly.

1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. iii. vi. sig. H.ii Magistrates..represent The king him selfe, & righten euerie wrong.

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xxvii. 368 For I shall see the day, when the Lord shall..righten my wronges, [and] finish my sorrowes.

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. i. 17 Learne to doe well, seeke iudgement, relieue [margin Or, righten] the oppressed. View more context for this quotation

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 32 A long silver bodkin, wherewith she used to righten her haire.

1653 N. Buckeridge Let. 30 Nov. in Jrnl. & Let. Bk. (1973) 77 We cut ye Long boat in peeces & hove it over board hopeing that would..righten her.

1764 C. F. Esberger Jrnl. 13 Feb. (1902) 9 The mistake was easily rightened.

1804 Naval Chron. 11 167 She remained some time, without the smallest movement or inclination to righten, nor did the most sanguine expect it.

1852 M. Arnold Empedocles on Etna, & Other Poems i. ii. 320 How our own minds are made,..How righten'd, how betray'd.

1887 H. S. Holland Christ or Eccles. (1888) 96 God..would put out His strength to correct, to righten, to redeem.

1910 R. Tjader Big Game of Afr. vi. 93 The two sportsmen could not induce them [sc. the natives] to go out in another boat of larger size to righten the upset craft.

1922 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden iii. 28 There's neen o's can richten oor grandfathers or grannies.

1964 Art Jrnl. 24 17/2 Although early remedies were suggested to righten the image,..none seems to have been of practical value.

1583 R. P. tr. P. de la Sierra Second Pt. Myrror of Knighthood ii. xxvii. f. 307^v This Tinacrian chaunced vpon many aduentures in this his iourney, as recompencing of griefes, and rightening of wrongs.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 174 For the rightning of all which there is nothing in the world to be brought forth but this.

1869 J. Eadie Comm. Epist. Gal. (iii. 6) 231 The whole of that rightening which a sinner needs and through faith enjoys.

1984 Associated Press (Nexis) 14 Feb. A display by the American side of practical readiness to adhere to these principles would make it possible to start the rightening of relations between the two countries.