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Definition of Shed light on
1. Verb. Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
Generic synonyms: Clarify, Clear Up, Elucidate
Derivative terms: Elucidation, Elucidation, Elucidative, Lucidity, Lucidity, Illumination
Definition of Shed light on
1. Verb. To illuminate; to make clear ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shed Light On
Literary usage of Shed light on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on Texas Reports: A Chronological Series of Annotations of the by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, Texas Supreme Court, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (1911)
"... acts of defendant so far as they shed light on occurrences at time of homicide.
34 Tex. Cr. 424-429, 30 SW 1064, ATKINSON v. STATE. ..."
2. Report of Debates in the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal by Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference, Robert Athow West (1855)
"General Conference, which, like the orb of day, rises to shed light on the
surrounding scene. It is first shaped or fashioned, and then, like Adam by his ..."
3. Assessing Problems in Monitoring and Enforcing Parole Under the Interstate edited by Mike Dewine (1999)
"... in general, and I would hope that this hearing today and hearings like this
will shed light on a very critical component of the criminal justice system; ..."
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