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enlighten
transitive verb
- to give the light of fact and knowledge to; free from ignorance, prejudice, or superstition
- Religion to give spiritual insight and understanding to
- to make clear to (a person) the facts or nature of something; inform
- Archaic to light up; illuminate
Related Forms:
- enlightener noun
See enlighten in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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