illumine
verb (used with or without object)
to illuminate.
illumining
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present participleof illumine.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Most writers were unable to see life whole, and unsatisfied with illumining only fragments of it.
From Time Magazine Archive
From where I sat I could catch a glimpse of my darling's pretty figure at the organ in the chancel, the light from the two candles on either side illumining her face.
From The Kidnapped President by Guy Newell Boothby
Direct me to the heavenly life, enlightening, illumining, and strengthening me.
From Orthodox Daily Prayers by Anonymous
“Princess,” he said, “the radiance of your presence is as the full moon suddenly illumining the path of a weary traveler, who finds himself on the edge of a morass.”
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy
The sun was hardly illumining the tops of the eastern mountains of the valley when I awoke invigorated, and led my horse out into the grass again.
From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various
