illumine

[ ih-loo-min ]
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verb (used with or without object),il·lu·mined, il·lu·min·ing.

Origin of illumine

1
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

Other words from illumine

  • il·lu·mi·na·ble, adjective
  • self-il·lu·mined, adjective

Words Nearby illumine

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How to use illumine in a sentence

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

    Hilda | Sarah Jeanette Duncan
  • Though the night was gloomy, the flames of the fire spread sufficient light around to illumine the faces of the new comers.

    The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard
  • From our furnaces gleam lights which illumine industrial enterprises, and perfect them.

    Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac
  • Rome, immense and dominated by a battle of clouds, seemed to illumine the sky.

    The Child of Pleasure | Gabriele D'Annunzio
  • They illumine the darkness in which my own thoughts have been long revolving in shapeless con fusion.

British Dictionary definitions for illumine

illumine

/ (ɪˈluːmɪn) /


verb
  1. a literary word for illuminate

Origin of illumine

1
C14: from Latin illūmināre to make light; see illuminate

Derived forms of illumine

  • illuminable, adjective

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