Definition of Straighten

Straight´en
v. t.1.To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
[imp. & p. p. Straighted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Straighting.]
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.
1.A variant of Straiten.


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