What is "sarpened"

Sharpen \Sharp"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sarpened; p. pr. & vb. n. Sharpening.] [See Sharp, a.] To make sharp. Specifically:

1. To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.

2. To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.

   The air . . . sharpened his visual ray To objects distant far.
   --Milton.

   He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.
   --Burke.

3. To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.

   Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite.
   --Shak.

4. To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.

5. To make biting, sarcastic, or severe. ``Sharpen each word.''
   --E. Smith.

6. To render more shrill or piercing.

   Inclosures not only preserve sound, but increase and sharpen it.
   --Bacon.

7. To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.

8. (Mus.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.