illumine
verb (used with or without object)
to illuminate.
were illumining
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past progressiveof illumine.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He rose slowly and stiffly to his knees and looked down the ridge to where the rays of the sun now were illumining the snow-covered bottom of the valley below.
From The Snow-Burner by Henry Oyen
The lamp burnt with its quiet, cheery light as if it were illumining a deed of brightest gladsomeness, and softly, as if with velvety paws, the wind touched the windows.
From The Wish A Novel by Hermann Sudermann
