sighten
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To add a fugitive colour to (a paste), to enable the printer to determine whether the figures are well-printed or not.
Etymology
Affix from English sight.
Origin
English
sight
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backsight English
- blindsight English
- bombsight English
- boresight English
- daysight English
- desight English
- eyesight English
- farsight English
- foresight English
- gunsight English
- hindsight English
- insight English
- mindsight English
- missight English
- onsight English
- outsight English
- oversight English
- oversightly English
- rearsight English
- resight English
- see English
- sight English
- sight-reader English
- sightability English
- sightable English
- sightening English
- sighter English
- sightful English
- sightholder English
- sighthole English
- sighthound English
- sightless English
- sightline English
- sightly English
- sightproof English
- sightscreen English
- sightseeing English
- sightseer English
- sightsman English
- sightwise English
- supersight English
- unsight English
- unsightable English
- siȝht Middle English
- see
- sight
- unsight
- onsight
- desight
- sighter
- sightly
- insight
- resight
- daysight
- sightful
- eyesight
- gunsight
- missight
- outsight
- farsight
- oversight
- sighthole
- boresight
- foresight
- sightless
- backsight
- sightseer
- sightsman
- sightline
- mindsight
- hindsight
- sightwise
- rearsight
- sightable
- bombsight
- sighthound
- supersight
- sightproof
- sightening
- blindsight
- sightseeing
- sightscreen
- sightholder
- unsightable
- oversightly
- sight-reader
- sightability