to illume
- verb
- /ɪˈluːm/
- Literature
- The streetlights will illume the entire road at night.
So looking at animals might help illuminate our own origins.
- So looking at animals might help illuminate our own origins.
- That's what you're really here to do, to illuminate the darkness in our world.
- You read books like this, you take it in, you allow those aha moments to illumine your thinking, it works.
- The Spirit illumines you and your understanding of what is written there will transcend the kind of the the the base meaning.
Examples
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You read books like this, you take it in, you allow those aha moments to illumine your thinking, it works.
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That's what you're really here to do, to illuminate the darkness in our world.
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May happiness Illume your way French!
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So looking at animals might help illuminate our own origins.
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That light is going to illuminate it, bounce off and create an image.
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And the idea is to illuminate the values of from landscapes and seascapes.
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You're creating these moments of grace because you want to illuminate more than someone's career.
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Your support will ensure that Radcliffe continues to nurture the extraordinary people whose brilliant ideas will illuminate our world.
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The artist used bright colors to illume her canvas with light.
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As the sun rises, it will illume the mountains and reveal their beauty.
Synonyms
To make something start to burn or shine
Begin to shine or make something begin to shine, for example by burning
To make something bright or visible with light
To light something or make it easier to understand
To make something shine with soft light
Antonyms
How Bright
- Literature
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word illume comes from the Latin parts in- ('in' or 'into') and lumen ('light'), the same root you see in luminous and illuminate. So to illume is to 'put light into' or 'light up' something.