tighten
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ.tən/
The English word “tighten” has 4 meanings listed here.
verb
Etymology
Synchronically equivalent to tight + -en, but actually derived from Middle English tighten, from Old English tyhtan, thus originally unrelated to tight (Old English *þiht).
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