illume

il·lume

verb \i-ˈlüm\

il·lumedil·lum·ing

Definition of ILLUME

transitive verb

: illuminate

Examples of ILLUME

1. <a favorite line of an Eastern Church hymn reads, “through fast-closed doors Thou camest Thy Disciples to illume”>
2. <during the vigil service the church's Gothic interior was illumed by the light of hundreds of tapers>

First Known Use of ILLUME

1602

Related to ILLUME

Synonyms: edify, educate, enlighten, illuminate, illumine, inspire, nurture

Antonyms: blacken, darken, obfuscate

Related Words: elevate, ennoble, enrich, ensoul, lift, uplift; better, improve, regenerate, renew, transform; exalt, glorify, transfigure

Near Antonyms: confuse, perplex, puzzle; becloud, cloud, darken, obscure

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Rhymes with ILLUME

abloom, assume, backroom, ballroom, barroom, bathroom, bedroom, boardroom, bridegroom, broadloom, chat room, checkroom, classroom, clean room, cloakroom, coatroom, consume, costume, courtroom, darkroom, dayroom, entomb, enwomb, exhume, foredoom, front room, great room, greenroom, guardroom, gun room, headroom, heirloom, homeroom, houseroom, inhume, jibboom, Khartoum, legroom, legume, lunchroom, men's room, mudroom, mushroom, newsroom, perfume, playroom, poolroom, pressroom, presume, push broom, relume, restroom, resume, salesroom, schoolroom, Scotch broom, sea room, showroom, sickroom, simoom, squad room, stateroom, stockroom, storeroom, strong room, subsume, sunroom, taproom, Targum, tearoom, throne room, toolroom, wardroom, washroom, weight room, whisk broom, white room, workroom