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TAKE THE QUIZpearten
verb
peart·en
|tᵊn
-ed/-ing/-s
chiefly dialectal
: to make peart or cheerful
—usually used with up
chiefly dialectal
: to become peart or cheerful
—usually used with up
when he peartened up, we all took fresh heart—
H. E. Giles
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