sweeten means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.
sweeten is pronounced /ˈswiːtən/.
Etymology
From sweet + -en. Eclipsed non-native Middle English doucen and endoucen, borrowed from Old French adoucir and endoucir (“to sweeten”).
verb
- To make sweet to the taste.“to sweeten tea”
- To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.“to sweeten life”
- To make mild or kind; to soften.“to sweeten the temper”
- To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.“to sweeten the cares of life”
- To soften to the eye; to make delicate.“Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them into each other.”
- To make pure and healthful by destroying noxious matter.“to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected”