illume
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of illume
First recorded in 1595–1605; short for illumine
Example Sentences
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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.
See now the morning star the sky illume!
From The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches by Wilson, Epiphanius
You have shone on my house as a pair Of candles a corpse illume!
From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various
How blest its maidens! cloudless is their day, And radiant herbs illume their nightly way.
From The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa by Kalidasa
The elements Pour forth their wrath in such tremendous peals, Such bolts of fiery death illume the sky, That earthly weapons seem the lesser ill.
From Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts by Sargant, Jane Alice
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