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to illume

to illume

1 9.9
To light up a place or thing
  • verb
  • /ɪˈluːm/
  • Literature
translation icon : iluminar
  • The streetlights will illume the entire road at night.

So looking at animals might help illuminate our own origins.

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Examples

  • You read books like this, you take it in, you allow those aha moments to illumine your thinking, it works.

  • That's what you're really here to do, to illuminate the darkness in our world.

  • May happiness Illume your way French!

  • So looking at animals might help illuminate our own origins.

  • That light is going to illuminate it, bounce off and create an image.

  • And the idea is to illuminate the values of from landscapes and seascapes.

  • You're creating these moments of grace because you want to illuminate more than someone's career.

  • Your support will ensure that Radcliffe continues to nurture the extraordinary people whose brilliant ideas will illuminate our world.

  • The artist used bright colors to illume her canvas with light.

  • As the sun rises, it will illume the mountains and reveal their beauty.

Synonyms

to light
vsto illume
905 1.0

To make something start to burn or shine

is narrower meaning introducing brightness into things not causing ignition
to light up
vsto illume
64 2.5

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

is used mainly for actively introducing brightness into objects rather than glowing
to illuminate
vsto illume
52 4.1

To make something bright or visible with light

is the same meaning but a different word form used in other contexts
to illumine
vsto illume
1 8.1

To light something or make it easier to understand

focuses only on adding physical brightness, not clarifying meaning
to lumine
vsto illume
  • Archaic
9.9

To make something shine with soft light

is the neutral general verb without poetic tone

Antonyms

63 3.3

Make or become less bright, for example a room

How Bright

to dazzle
6 4.1
to illume
  • Literature
1 9.9

Surface Forms

illume infinitive
illuminated past participle
illuminating present participle
illumes third person singular

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.