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Sharp"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sarpened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sharpening.] [See Sharp, a.] To make sharp. Specifically: (a) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw. (b) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
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The air . . . sharpened his visual ray
To objects distant far.
Milton.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Burke.
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(c) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.
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Epicurean cooks
Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite.
Shak.
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(d) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease. (e) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe.Sharpen each word.” E. Smith. (f) To render more shrill or piercing.
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Inclosures not only preserve sound, but increase and sharpen it. Bacon.
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(g) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar. (h) (Mus.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.
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Sharp"en, v. i. To grow or become sharp.
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