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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Let the sun appear! let him illume my career! it matters not where it may end.”
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William
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.
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)
To error’s joyless waste betrayed; No light will there illume thy road, No friendly voice will give thee aid.
From Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion by Various
As thou, Christ, to illume it, holdest Heaven Broadly over our heads.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
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
Their faces are delicate, complexions transparent with a slight rosy tint, as if illumed with the dawn; the eyes dark and dreamy, sweet, innocent, and tender in their glances.
From Sielanka: An Idyll by Bullick, Thomas H.
I never thought of that!” murmured the inn-keeper, and a smile of satisfaction illumed his heavy face.
From Polly and Her Friends Abroad by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
Now her face is illumed by a heavenly light As sweet as angels' breath; For she knows that the unclasped hands will unite, Across the river of death.
From Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. by Young, Duncan McNeill
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 Pope, Alexander
The black stone will not become the world illuming gem.
From Bahá’í World Faith by `Abdu'l-Bahá
The balmiest winds blowing soft where she steers, The favor of heaven illuming her path-- She might sail as she pleased to the mild summer airs, And avoid the dread regions of tempest and wrath.
From War Poetry of the South by Various
Now the fields are laughing; now the maids Take their pastime; laugh the leafy glades: Now the summer days are blooming, And the flowers their chaliced lamps for love illuming.
From Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse by Symonds, John Addington
The answer was illuming, but he never winced.
From The Betrayal by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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