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Illume

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To illuminate.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To illumine; illuminate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. make lighter or brighter

Word Usage

"Now, the only illume from the yellow eyes of alligators, the ghost wane of gases and thereafter, the last sounds of Pierrots echoed throughout the valleys."

Verb Form

illumed illumes illuming

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

lighten lighten up

Hyponym

floodlight spotlight

Form

illumed illuming unillumed

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

illuminate illumine

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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