illume

[ ih-loom ]
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verb (used with object),il·lumed, il·lum·ing.Archaic.

Origin of illume

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; short for illumine

Other words from illume

  • un·il·lumed, adjective

Words Nearby illume

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How to use illume in a sentence

  • Perhaps Betty might marry in some sensible way that would be for the best, and this visit at Hartford would illume all her life.

    A Little Girl in Old Boston | Amanda Millie Douglas
  • Victorious, on, victorious!Proud beacon onward haste;Till floods of light all glorious,illume the moral waste.

    The Liberty Minstrel | George W. Clark
  • Live in the sunshine, don't live in the gloom, Carry some gladness the world to illume.

    The Optimist's Good Morning | Florence Hobart Perin
  • How like a sun-flash they sometimes illume what else were forever mystery-shrouded!

    Rose Clark | Fanny Fern
  • Three candles that illume every darkness: truth, nature, knowledge.

British Dictionary definitions for illume

illume

/ (ɪˈluːm) /


verb
  1. (tr) a poetic word for illuminate

Origin of illume

1
C17: shortened from illumine

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