( a. )
To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects.
( a. )
To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012