6. Illustrious; glorious. In the brightest annals of a female reign. Cotton.
7. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain. That he may with more ease, with brighter evidence, and with surer success, draw the bearner on. I. Watts.
8. Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance. Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew. Pope.
Note: Bright is used in composition in the sense of brilliant, clear, sunny, etc.; as, bright-eyed, bright-haired, bright-hued.
Syn. — Shining; splending; luminous; lustrous; brilliant; resplendent; effulgent; refulgent; radiant; sparkling; glittering; lucid; beamy; clear; transparent; illustrious; witty; clear; vivacious; sunny.
BRIGHT
Bright, n.
Defn: Splendor; brightness. [Poetic]
Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear. Milton.
BRIGHT
Bright, adv.
Defn: Brightly. Chaucer.
I say it is the moon that shines so bright. Shak.
BRIGHTEN
Bright"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brightened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Brightening.]