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illumine

[ ih-loo-min ]

verb (used with or without object)

, il·lu·mined, il·lu·min·ing.


illumine

/ ɪˈluːmɪn /

verb

  1. a literary word for illuminate


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Derived Forms

  • ilˈluminable, adjective

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Other Words From

  • il·lumi·na·ble adjective
  • self-il·lumined adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of illumine1

1300–50; Middle English illuminen < Latin illūmināre to light up, equivalent to il- il- 1 + lūmin- (stem of lūmen ) light + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of illumine1

C14: from Latin illūmināre to make light; see illuminate

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Example Sentences

He had dismissed Hilda Howe, but a glow from the world she helped to illumine showed seductively at the end of his day.

Though the night was gloomy, the flames of the fire spread sufficient light around to illumine the faces of the new comers.

From our furnaces gleam lights which illumine industrial enterprises, and perfect them.

Rome, immense and dominated by a battle of clouds, seemed to illumine the sky.

They illumine the darkness in which my own thoughts have been long revolving in shapeless con fusion.

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