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*1. trans. To put [[light]] into, make luminous. | *1. trans. To put [[light]] into, make luminous. | ||
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Origins
Possibly inlighten (14th c.: see sense 4) was a secondary form of inlight
Definitions
- 1. trans. To put light into, make luminous.
- b. To light, set light to (a lamp, a combustible). Obs.
- 2. To shed light upon, illuminate (an object, scene, etc.); to give light to (persons). Also absol. Now chiefly poet. or rhetorical.
- b. fig. To throw light upon, elucidate (a subject). Obs.
- 3. a. To light, give light to (a room or building) by lamps, etc., or by windows. b. To light (a district, town, etc.); to furnish with lighting apparatus. Obs.
- 4. In Biblical phrase: To remove dimness or blindness from (the eyes, and fig. the heart). Obs.
- 5. fig. To supply with intellectual light; to impart knowledge or wisdom to; to instruct. In mod. use often humorously in trivial sense: To inform, remove (one's) ignorance of something.
- b. In religious use: To supply with spiritual light.
- 6. Contextually: To revive, exhilarate. (Cf. lighten, brighten, in similar connexion.) Obs.
