illumine
verb (used with or without object)
to illuminate.
had been illumining
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past perfect progressiveof illumine.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Hope, sprung up once more within them, had been illumining the past few hours.
From A Life's Secret A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
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