Definition of enlightening
: providing or tending to provide knowledge, understanding, or insight
a very enlightening discussion … he takes readers on enlightening excursions through the nature of Judaism, Hegelian philosophy, wherever his curiosity heads.— George Johnson
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The first known use of enlightening was in 1574
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