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illumine

[ ih-loo-min ]

verb (used with or without object)

illumined, illumining.


illumine

/ ɪˈ±ô³Ü˳¾Éª²Ô /

verb

  1. a literary word for illuminate
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Derived Forms

  • ¾±±ôˈ±ô³Ü³¾¾±²Ô²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ¾±±ô·±ô³Üm¾±Â·²Ô²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ²õ±ð±ô´Ú-¾±±ô·±ô³Üm¾±²Ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of illumine1

1300–50; Middle English illuminen < Latin ¾±±ô±ôÅ«³¾¾±²ÔÄå°ù±ð to light up, equivalent to il- il- 1 + ±ôÅ«³¾¾±²Ô- (stem of ±ôÅ«³¾±ð²Ô ) light + -Äå- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of illumine1

C14: from Latin ¾±±ô±ôÅ«³¾¾±²ÔÄå°ù±ð to make light; see illuminate
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The lighting illumines each river in brilliantly bright backdrop colors.

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“She is the one of course that I am trying to get. … To mark her off, to describe, to illumine, to celebrate, to get rid of her.â€

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There was a din of crickets outside, and the pauseless roar of the river, and the stately world was illumined with pearly moonlight; but inside the log it was dark and hushed, like a crypt.

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The fog of war obscures even the most illumined conscience.

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Rather, my time with Jackson illumined a generative confusion to how she understood abstraction in art and life.

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