illumine Definition
il·lu·mine (i lo̵̅o̅′mən)
transitive verb -·mined, -·min·ing
to illuminate; light up
Etymology: ME illuminen < OFr illuminer < L illuminare
illumine Synonyms
illumine
v.
illumine Usage Examples
Object
- soul: The full-blown rose is thus the emblem of the illumined master soul.
- mind: Mysterious tho the process may be, somehow God illumines the human mind to discern the divine source of the Word.
- world: In like manner, every time the Prophets of God have illumined the world.
- heart: His illumined heart shall become a pure mirror reflecting the images of all the worlds.
- way: There is the Holy Spirit, who is our Guide, Mentor and Friend and who illumines the way ahead.
- darkness: The Lord Jesus is the light we need to illumine the deepest darkness.
Used with why or when
what: We might say that the libido has turned away from the activities of life to illumine what is buried in the ground of being.
Modifying Another Word
- not: A shadow that is not illumined until the end, when the clarity of understanding is drawn from that suggestive gloom.
- only: The impenetrable darkness was illumined only by the terrible flames of the cremation pyres.
- fully: The true soul is the fully illumined mind, set on fire with love and likened to Sol, the Sun.
- also: This strange metaphor also illumines the concept of the Word of the Lord held by Jeremiah's contemporaries.
Browse dictionary entries near illumine
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