forlighten
verbEtymology From for- + lighten, but also continuing (in altered form) earlier forlyten (“to diminish”), from for- + lite + -en.
1
Archaic To decrease; reduce; diminish; lighten; lighten up.
- For to forlighten with his sheen / Those sitting sad, in darkest blindness, / In death's cold shade.1892, William Shepard Walsh, Handy-book of literary curiosities:
- Related terms
- forlyten