luminate
verb (used with object)
luminant
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a word derived from
luminate.
Example Sentences
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Professor Silliman reported that the oil had great possibilities if refined, both as a luminant and as a lubricant.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Elbert Hubbard
We would not be faithful to our Editorial task and to our Friend, if we did not give here a few luminant examples of the Diwan in question.
From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani
The lightning directed rightly becomes the luminant by which we look on each other's faces to-night.
From The New Theology by R. J. (Reginald John) Campbell
Finally, in the year 1669, after a strong distillation of urine, he found in the recipient a luminant matter that has since been called phosphorus.
From History of Phosphorus by Eduard Farber
Most lustrous of the living lamps of God, 'Mid human lights, divinely luminant.
From Elias An Epic of the Ages by Orson F. Whitney
