illume
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- unillumed adjective
Etymology
Origin of illume
First recorded in 1595–1605; short for illumine
Example Sentences
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From dreams of conquest, worlds and empires won Britain awaking, mourns her setting sun, No rays of joy her evening hour illume, 'Tis one sad chaos, one unmingled gloom!
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip
Shall I tell thee now All that I think of, when, by land and sea, The days and nights illume the world for me?
From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric
Anon the cave appeared when moonbeams would its depths illume, A fairy hall of diamond, anon, a ghastly tomb.
From Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I by Halidom, M. Y.
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
No rays of dawn our path illume, We are sunk together in ceaseless gloom.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold
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