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Definition of Rightened
1. righten [v] - See also: righten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rightened
Literary usage of Rightened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Light of Men by John Young (1866)
"The circumcised, if they have not faith, are not rightened in relation to God,
and cannot be reckoned right. The uncircumcised, if they have faith, ..."
2. The Life and Letters of Paul the Apostle by Lyman Abbott (1898)
"... doing deeds required by law; not thus can any flesh be rightened in his ...
all fall short of God's glorious image;6 being rightened freely by his gift ..."
3. Present-day Papers on Prominent Questions in Theology by Alexander Ewing (1871)
"But if you read the passage thus, " Being rightened by faith," &c., ... You know
for certain whether your faith has rightened you in your attitude towards ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1820)
"... rightened with the charms of fiction. A principle, jh Education has taught us
to receive as an axiom, ..."
5. Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1912)
"Thy stubborn mind will not be rightened : What else is needful, that thou be
enlightened? THALES. To every wind the billows yielding are ; Yet from the ..."
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