righten

/ ˈraɪtən /

verb

1. (tr) to set right

2. to restore to or attain a normal or upright position

Example Sentences

Displeased with his communications team, and the negative coverage dominating the internet and TV, President Donald Trump is looking at Fox News talent and off-air producers as prospective candidates to righten his inept and leaky comms shop.

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God going to righten each wrong some day, so I'se going to wait with love in my heart till dat day come.

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It is true, I have made bold almost to despise and to triumph over those who have tried to righten me with the majesty of thy name and authority.

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Wait, and every wrong will righten, Wait, and every cloud will brighten, If you only wait.

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We map the starry sky, We mine this earthen ball, We measure the sea-tides, we number the sea-sands; We scrutinise the dates Of long-past human things, The bounds of effaced states, The lines of deceased kings; We search out dead men's words, and works of dead men's hands; We shut our eyes, and muse How our own minds are made, What springs of thought they use, How righten'd, how betray'd— And spend our wit to name what most employ unnamed.

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