To make harsh or rugged; to add harshness to (language, sounds, etc.); to render (laws) more severe. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ166159 |
| 释义 | society > authority > strictness > make more strict or severe [verb (transitive)] (17) exasperate1597 To make harsh or rugged; to add harshness to (language, sounds, etc.); to render (laws) more severe. Obsolete. sharpen1709 To make sharp or sharper (in various transferred and figurative senses of the adjective). Now… To increase the severity of (a law, a punishment… straiten1751 To render more strict or rigorous. Obsolete. tighten1897 intransitive. To grow tight or tense; to be stretched tight or drawn close. Frequently const. up. Also figurative. Subcategories:— be severe upon (9) — command strictly or sternly (1) — make stern (1) — exact too much from (2) |
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