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Definition of Illumine
1. Verb. Make lighter or brighter. "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
Generic synonyms: Lighten, Lighten Up
Specialized synonyms: Floodlight, Spotlight
Derivative terms: Illuminant, Illumination, Illumination, Light, Light, Light, Light, Light, Light
Definition of Illumine
1. v. t. To illuminate; to light up; to adorn.
Definition of Illumine
1. Verb. To illuminate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Illumine
1. to illuminate [v -MINED, -MINING, -MINES] - See also: illuminate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illumine
Literary usage of Illumine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe (1794)
"... fhe watched the pale lightning gleam over the woods they were about to enter,
and illumine the harm countenances of her companions. ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"was a reflected light, as wanting in warmth as the moon's rays; the best it may
accomplish is to illumine the wayfarer's pathway enough to aid him in ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1837)
"The dark illumine, and the rude refine, Let commerce freely float from shore to
shore! Encourage science—let not art decline— Nor genius build in vain the ..."
4. Personal Memoirs and Recollections of Editorial Life by Joseph Tinker Buckingham (1852)
"Success to the wheels ! while a remnant of truth Is in dream, or in vision, this
hope shall be mine, — That the sunshine of gold may illumine my youth, ..."
5. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1812)
"... to illumine the pages of the Russian history in one of its most brilliant eras
since the time of Peter the Great. ART. V.—The Itinerary of Greece, ..."
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