illumine

il·lu·mine

transitive verb \i-ˈlü-mən\

il·lu·minedil·lu·min·ing

Definition of ILLUMINE

: illuminate

— il·lu·min·able \-mə-nə-bəl\ adjective

Examples of ILLUMINE

1. <small table lamps illumine the inn's dining room in a most romantic way>
2. <readers of great literature are both entertained and illumined>

First Known Use of ILLUMINE

14th century

Related to ILLUMINE

Synonyms

bathe, beacon, emblaze, illume, illuminate, irradiate, light, lighten

Antonyms

blacken, darken, obfuscate

Related Words

brighten; beam, beat (down), radiate, shine; enhalo, halo; floodlight; highlight, spotlight; blaze, burn, fire, flame, glare, glow, ignite, incinerate, kindle; bedazzle, blind, daze, dazzle; gleam, glisten, glitter

Near Antonyms

dim, dull, obscure; cover, shroud, veil; douse (also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench, snuff (out)

Rhymes with ILLUMINE

acumen, albumen, albumin, bitumen, cerumen, ichneumon, inhuman, panhuman, prehuman, subhuman