illume

American  

[ih-loom] / ɪˈlum /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

illumed, illuming

1. to illuminate.

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illume British  

/ ɪˈluːm /

verb

1. (tr) a poetic word for illuminate

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Other Word Forms

• unillumed adjective

Etymology

Origin of illume

First recorded in 1595–1605; short for illumine

Example Sentences

It is evident the sun shines through a clear atmosphere beyond the cloud, or his rays would not reach and illume the lower surface of the cirro-stratus with such distinctness.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden

Three candles that illume every darkness: truth, nature, knowledge.

From Ancient Irish Poetry by Various

And thou canst make that desert mind Bloom sweetly as the blushing rose; Thou canst illume that rayless void Till darkness like the day-gleam glows.

From Lives of Celebrated Women by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)

"True!" sighed the Shadow, and a softened smile Seemed to illume the coldness, void of guile, Of those phantasmal features.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 by Various

There were some things that could illume his dark stretches and level Mary-Clare’s vague reachings to a common level.

From At the Crossroads by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)