Category:Straighten

Straight"en, v. 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 account. To straighten one's face, to Cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one's features.

Straighten Straight"en, v. t.

Defn: a variant of straiten. [obs. or r.]