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tight·en

   [tahyt-n]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to make or become tight or tighter.
Origin:
1720–30; tight + -en1

Related forms
tight·en·er, noun
o·ver·tight·en, verb
re·tight·en, verb
self-tight·en·ing, adjective
un·tight·en, verb (used with object)

Synonyms
secure, anchor, fasten.

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tighten
"to make tight," 1727; the earlier verb was simply tight, from O.E. tyhtan, from the root of tight.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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