lumine

[ loo-min ]

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

, lu·mined, lu·min·ing.

1. to illumine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lumine¹

1350–1400; Middle English luminen, aphetic variant of enluminen to illumine. See limn

Example Sentences

Unto him assents Macrobius, whose words are these; Terra accepto solis lumine clarescit, tantummod, non relucet.

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Sed aditus specus accipit lucem; interiora nisi allato lumine obscura sunt.

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Ita de spiritu spiritus et deo deus ut lumen de lumine accensum.

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Also 'Qui procul est oculis, procul est a lumine cordis,' from Gartner, Dict.

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The march movement is followed by an interlude depicting the mystery of night, as Virgil says, "tremulo sub lumine."

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