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Lighten Inc.

n. decision/risk analysis software company

buoy up

v. become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"

buoy up

v. make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"

become lighter, lighten up

v. become lighter; "The room lightened up"

brighten, become brighter

v. become brighter; "The sky brightened"

lighten up, brighten, make brighter

v. make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"

gladden, become glad

v. become glad or happy

pale, blanch, blench, turn pale, grow pale

v. turn pale, as if in fear

bleach

v. make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"

white, whiten, turn white

v. turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

pale, blanch, blench, turn pale, grow pale

v. turn pale, as if in fear

bleach

v. make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"

white, whiten, turn white

v. turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

light, illume, illumine, illuminate, light up

v. make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"

relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage

v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

ease, comfort

v. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

cheer, hearten, embolden

v. give encouragement to

gladden, become glad

v. become glad or happy

animate, enliven, invigorate, inspire, exalt

v. heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

weigh down, weigh on

v. be oppressive or disheartening to

darken, become dark, become darker

v. become dark or darker; "The sky darkened"

darken, make dark, make darker

v. make dark or darker; "darken a room"

dim, make dim, make lusterless

v. make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver"

blind, dim

v. make dim by comparison or conceal

increase

v. make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

shade, shadow, shade off

v. cast a shadow over

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