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Slighten

Slighten \Slight"en\, v. t. To slight. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.

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slighten

vb. (context obsolete transitive English) To slight.

Usage examples of "slighten".

I daily delight in trying to do: as God forbid that anyone should hint a slightening word of what our sons and brothers are doing just now, and doing for us!