illumine
[ih-loo-min]
- to illuminate.
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Origin of illumine
1300–50; Middle English illuminen < Latin illūmināre to light up, equivalent to il- il-1 + lūmin- (stem of lūmen) light + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix
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Historical Examples of illumine
Again I am told the host managed to illumine his refusal with a smile.
Ruggles of Red GapHarry Leon Wilson
Rome, immense and dominated by a battle of clouds, seemed to illumine the sky.
The Child of PleasureGabriele D'Annunzio
His disc was of a lurid red,—a colour appropriate to the spectacle it was to illumine.
The Ocean WaifsMayne Reid
If this can illumine the obscurity, it will all be on the positive side of the inquiry.
Moon LoreTimothy Harley
The sun shone on Chepe; he only asked that it should illumine the page he read.
BurlesquesWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
illumine
- a literary word for illuminate
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Word Origin for illumine
C14: from Latin illūmināre to make light; see illuminate
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Word Origin and History for illumine
late 14c., "to enlighten spiritually;" mid-15c., "to light up, shine light on," from Old French illuminer, from Latin illuminare (see illumination). Related: illumined.
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