illume

1 to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding <a favorite line of an Eastern Church hymn reads, “through fast-closed doors Thou camest Thy Disciples to illume”> Synonyms edify, educate, enlighten, illuminate, illumine, inspire, nurtureRelated Words elevate, ennoble, enrich, ensoul, lift, uplift; better, improve, regenerate, renew, transform; exalt, glorify, transfigureNear Antonyms confuse, perplex, puzzle; becloud, cloud, darken, obscure

2 to supply with light <during the vigil service the church's Gothic interior was illumed by the light of hundreds of tapers> Synonyms bathe, beacon, emblaze, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, light, lightenRelated 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, glitterNear Antonyms dim, dull, obscure; cover, shroud, veil; douse (also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench, snuff (out)Antonyms blacken, darken, obfuscate