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illumine
[ ih-loo-min ]
illumine
/ ɪˈluːmɪn /
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Derived Forms
- ilˈluminable, adjective
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Other Words From
- il·lumi·na·ble adjective
- self-il·lumined adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of illumine1
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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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