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Definition of Brightened
1. brighten [v] - See also: brighten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brightened
Literary usage of Brightened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Sir William Crookes, Bruno Kerl, Ernst Otto Röhring (1868)
"In some cases it is advantageous to give an addition of lead to the brightened
silver, so as to oxidise and carry away the other base metals. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1904)
"... but if hot the metal can be brightened with a file or polished in the lathe
with emery cloth and will remain bright as long as it is hot. ..."
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