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illume

[ ih-loom ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

, il·lumed, il·lum·ing.

illume

/ ɪˈluːm /

Origin of illume¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; short for illumine

Origin of illume¹

C17: shortened from illumine

Perhaps Betty might marry in some sensible way that would be for the best, and this visit at Hartford would illume all her life.

Victorious, on, victorious!Proud beacon onward haste;Till floods of light all glorious,Illume the moral waste.

Live in the sunshine, don't live in the gloom, Carry some gladness the world to illume.

How like a sun-flash they sometimes illume what else were forever mystery-shrouded!

Three candles that illume every darkness: truth, nature, knowledge.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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