illumine

[ ih-loo-min ]

verb (used with or without object)

, il·lu·mined, il·lu·min·ing.

1. to illuminate.

illumine

/ ɪˈluːmɪn /

verb

1. a literary word for illuminate

Derived Forms

• ilˈluminable, adjective

Other Words From

• il·lumi·na·ble adjective
• self-il·lumined adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of illumine¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of illumine¹

C14: from Latin illūmināre to make light; see illuminate

Example Sentences

He had dismissed Hilda Howe, but a glow from the world she helped to illumine showed seductively at the end of his day.

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Though the night was gloomy, the flames of the fire spread sufficient light around to illumine the faces of the new comers.

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From our furnaces gleam lights which illumine industrial enterprises, and perfect them.

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Rome, immense and dominated by a battle of clouds, seemed to illumine the sky.

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They illumine the darkness in which my own thoughts have been long revolving in shapeless con fusion.

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