"smarten" meaning in English

See smarten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsmɑːt(ə)n/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smarten.wav [UK] Forms: smarten [canonical], smartens [third-person, singular], smartened [past], smartened [past, participle], smartening [present, participle]
Etymology: smart + -en Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|smart|en}} smart + -en Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you ask someone to smarten up, you want them to make themselves look clean and tidy.
    Sense id: simple-smarten-en-verb-0Fcnz~vY
  2. If you ask someone to smarten up, you want them to stop being silly or foolish.
    Sense id: simple-smarten-en-verb-dmySTueb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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