"forlighten" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From for- + lighten, but also continuing (in altered form) earlier forlyten (“to diminish”), from for- + lite + -en.",
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      "form": "forlightens",
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      "form": "forlightened",
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      "form": "forlightened",
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          "text": "For to forlighten with his sheen / Those sitting sad, in darkest blindness, / In death's cold shade.",
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        "To decrease; reduce; diminish; lighten; lighten up."
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          "lighten up",
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        "(archaic, transitive) To decrease; reduce; diminish; lighten; lighten up."
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  "word": "forlighten"
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      "form": "forlightening",
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    {
      "form": "forlightened",
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    {
      "form": "forlightened",
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        "To decrease; reduce; diminish; lighten; lighten up."
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