
v. t. To do justice to. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Relieve [ marginal reading, righten ] the opressed. Isa. i. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Just where I please, with tightened rein
I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tightening pulley (Mach.),
n. That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley. [ 1913 Webster ]