enlighten
verb (used with object)
to give intellectual or spiritual light to; instruct; impart knowledge to.
will enlighten
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future tenseof enlighten.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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He said, "I believe that attempts to discover new biological phenomena based on such "unexpected" and "outside-the-box" ideas will enlighten the world about the complexities of living organisms and trigger breakthroughs in the future."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
Perhaps Mr. Priebus will enlighten these Republicans — and Inside the Beltway too.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
“We hope that this process will enlighten, heal and prevent similar harm to our community in the future.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020
“I will enlighten myself and let them go ahead.”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 2020
But our very intercourse will enlighten them by degrees, and we have more to dread from that quarter than from all the hordes of Russia or Runjeet Sing, and the whole disaffection of India.
From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat
