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to make sharp or sharper
- you need to sharpen your penknife's blade frequently in order to be able to whittle properly
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“Sharpen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharpen. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of sharpen was in the 15th century
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