illumine
verb (used with or without object)
to illuminate.
had illumined
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past perfectof illumine.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The flash had illumined the waters and revealed the clear outlines of the casemates with their black mouths of steel gaping through the portholes.
From The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis by Thomas Dixon
The ruddy light which had illumined the fern-hung sides and curtains of ivy of the great gorge began to fail.
From Will of the Mill by George Manville Fenn
Arthur paused, for a curious smile had illumined Dr. Higdon's face.
From For the Faith by Evelyn Everett-Green
There was at intervals an alert gleam of intelligence in those cavernous eye-sockets, as if the sudden remembrance of some old experience had illumined them.
From Ponkapog Papers by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
A blinding flash of lightning had illumined the waters for miles in every direction.
From Curlie Carson Listens In by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
