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illumine Definition

il·lu·mine (i lo̵̅o̅mən)

transitive verb -·mined, -·min·ing

to illuminate; light up

Etymology: ME illuminen < OFr illuminer < L illuminare

illumine Synonyms

illumine

v.

  1. To light up

    light up, irradiate, brighten; see light 1.

  2. To explain

    interpret, clarify, elucidate; see explain.

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.