Sweeten

Sweeten
This interesting name is of early medieval English origin, and is a nickname surname for a popular or attractive person, or for somebody who habitually addressed people with the Middle English term "swetin", meaning darling, or sweetheart. It could also derive from the medieval given name, originally an Olde English pre 7th Century patronymic of "Swet(a)" from the Olde English "swete", sweet, pleasant, agreeable. One Richard Swetyne was listed in the Hundred Rolls of Norfolk in 1273, as was Thomas Swetyene. The Poll Tax Records of Yorkshire mention a Willelmus Swyting in 1379. Coats of Arms were granted to Sweeting families at Canterbury in Kent and Brickmaller in Somerset, the latter depicting three gold triple violins on a red shield. One Samuell Sweeting was "attainted of High Treason" in the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, and with ninety-nine other prisoners so convicted, was transported to the Isle of Barbados. Also travelling to Barbados, this time voluntarily, was one John Sweating aboard the "Peter Bonaventure" on the April 3rd 1635. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Sweting, which was dated 1250, in the "Fees of Wiltshire", during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Sweeten — Sweet en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sweetened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweetening}.] [See {Sweet}, a.] 1. To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea. [1913 Webster] 2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sweeten up — ˌsweeten ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they sweeten up he/she/it sweetens up present participle sweetening up past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • sweeten — sweet‧en [ˈswiːtn] verb [transitive] to make an offer, suggestion etc seem more attractive in order to encourage someone to accept it: • The airline sweetened its offer to $235 million. • The British auto maker has sweetened its customer… …   Financial and business terms

  • Sweeten — is a surname, and may refer to:* Madylin Sweeten (born 1991), American actress * Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten (born 1995), American actors …   Wikipedia

  • Sweeten — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Madylin Sweeten (* 1991), US amerikanische Schauspielerin Sullivan und Sawyer Sweeten (* 1995), US amerikanische Zwillinge und Kinderschauspieler Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • sweeten — [v1] add sugar add sweetening, candy, candy coat, honey, make sweet, make toothsome, mull, sugar, sugar coat; concept 170 Ant. salt, sour sweeten [v2] make happy; appease alleviate, assuage, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate,… …   New thesaurus

  • Sweeten — Sweet en, v. i. To become sweet. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sweeten — 1550s, from SWEET (Cf. sweet) (adj.) + verbal ending EN (Cf. en) (1). The M.E. form of the verb was simply sweet, from O.E. swetan …   Etymology dictionary

  • sweeten — ► VERB 1) make or become sweet or sweeter. 2) make more agreeable or acceptable …   English terms dictionary

  • sweeten — [swēt′ n] vt. 1. to make sweet with or as with sugar 2. to make pleasant or agreeable, as to the sense of smell 3. to counteract the acidic condition of (the soil, the stomach, etc.) 4. a) to mollify; appease b) Now Rare to alleviate; ease …   English World dictionary

  • sweeten — verb a) To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea. And sweeten every secret tear. . b) To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship. Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength… …   Wiktionary

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