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sharpener

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sharp⋅en

[shahr-puhn]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to make or become sharp or sharper.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see sharp, -en 1


sharp⋅en⋅er, noun
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sharp·en   (shär'pən)   
tr. & intr.v.   sharp·ened, sharp·en·ing, sharp·ens
To make or become sharp or sharper.
sharp'en·er n.
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