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Webster 1913 Edition
Straighten
Straight′en
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Straighted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Straighting
.] 1.
To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
2.
To make right or correct; to reduce to order;
as, to
. straighten
one’s affairs; to straighten
an accountTo straighten one's face
, to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one's features.
Webster 1828 Edition
Straighten
STRAIGHTEN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.2.
To make narrow, tense or close; to tighten.3.
To reduce to difficulties or distress.