illume
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of illume
First recorded in 1595–1605; short for illumine
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As thou, Christ, to illume it, holdest Heaven Broadly over our heads.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Within the hour their light will illume thy understanding.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Margaret Horton Potter
But that idea will never illume the hearer’s brain as the lecturer’s until the hearer knows as does the lecturer what there is back of it.
From The Art of Lecturing Revised Edition by Arthur M. (Arthur Morrow) Lewis
That Friend shall thus each tear illume, To forms of glory shape that gloom.
From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby
Daughter of Faith, awake, arise, illume The dread unknown, the chaos of the tomb; Melt and dispel, ye spectre doubts, that roll Cimmerian darkness o'er the parting soul!
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
To complete the parallel, blacked-out U.S. cities were illumed by what Englishmen still remember as "a bomber's moon."
From Time Magazine Archive
We see a dimly illumed underground waterfall and climb down to it for a dark thundering shower.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Then, starting to the task, Ulysses caught, And his illustrious son, the weapons thence, 40 Helmet, and bossy shield, and pointed spear, While Pallas from a golden lamp illumed The dusky way before them.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
Retiring, on the beach he sat, with grace And dignity illumed, where, viewing him, The virgin Princess, with amazement mark’d His beauty, and her damsels thus bespake.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
We were quickly made comfortable before a bright fire on the hearth which illumed the whole room.
From A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
In the midst of these encouraging omens, the sun dipped into the sea, illuming, as it fell, a wide reach of the chill and gloomy element.
From The Red Rover by James Fenimore Cooper
Before the earliest buds Have softly opened, heralding the May With tender light illuming the gray woods, I shall be gone away.
From The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems by Kate Seymour MacLean
Day following day, a long-continued feast, Refulgent pedestals the walls surround, Which boys of gold with illuming torches crown'd; The polish'd oar, reflecting every ray, Blazed on the banquets with a double day.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
There is no way of illuming the depths of the ocean.
From The Submarine Boys on Duty Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat by Victor G. Durham
He stood there as he stood that day on the carriage that bore Robert Burnham to his death, the light of heroism in his eyes, the glow of splendid faith illuming his face.
From Burnham Breaker by Homer Greene
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