Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

righten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
right-en
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make right; correct.

Transitive verb

verb

To set right or upright; right.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English rightenen, equivalent to right + -en.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

rightens (present, singular) rightening (participle, present) rightened (participle, past) rightened (past)

Questions

What does righten mean?
To make right; correct.
Where does righten come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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