LIGHTEN Copy link • LIGHTEN 1. v. INTR., fulgurare; fulgere (PROP. and figuratively); micare, splendere (figuratively, to sparkle, glitter). The swords lightened, micantes fulsere gladii: he seemed not to speak, but to thunder and lighten, non loqui et orare sed fulgurare ac tonare videbatur: the eyes lighten, oculi scintillant. 2. v. TRANS., To give light [Vid. LIGHT, v.] . To make less heavy, levare alicui aliquid or aliquem re: figuratively, to lighten grief, etc.; Vid: ALLEVIATE.