to lumine

Examples

• All

• Below us lay the valley, lumined in moonlight, smoothed by snow into gentle mounds and hollows.

  Fiction book (1993)

• He stood lumined in the shaft of light from the smokehole, set apart from the hearth companions who flanked him on either side.

  Fiction book (1993)

• At dawn, the sky was lumined with shades of orange and pink as the sun began to rise.

• The church was beautifully lumined during the evening service, with candles flickering softly all around.

Synonyms

L

to light

vsto lumine

905 1.0

To make something start to burn or shine

is a poetic or old-fashioned expression compared with this general practical action

L

to light up

vsto lumine

64 2.5

Begin to shine or make something begin to shine, for example by burning

is the poetic or old-fashioned form rather than this common phrasal action

I

to illuminate

vsto lumine

52 4.1

To make something bright or visible with light

is used in poetic or old-fashioned style rather than neutral modern use

L

to lighten

vsto lumine

16 2.3

To make a place or color look brighter

is the poetic or old-fashioned term focused on shining rather than color change

S

to spotlight

vsto lumine

3 3.3

To shine a strong light on a person or object on stage

is a poetic or old-fashioned word used generally, not the stage-specific action

I

to illumine

vsto lumine

1 8.1

To light something or make it easier to understand

is the poetic, old-fashioned way to express this brightening or clarification

I

to illume

vsto lumine

• Literature

1 9.9

To light up a place or thing

is the more poetic or old-fashioned variant compared with this plain action

Antonyms

D

to darken

63 3.3

Make or become less bright, for example a room

How Bright

to dazzle

6 4.1

to illuminate

52 4.1

to lumine

• Archaic

9.9

glow

119 1.0

to glimmer

12 3.9

Surface Forms

Etymology