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past tense of illume
Synonyms & Antonyms of illumed
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"
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2
to supply with light
- during the vigil service the church's Gothic interior was illumed by the light of hundreds of tapers
Synonyms for illumed
- bathed,
- beaconed,
- emblazed,
- illuminated,
- illumined,
- irradiated,
- lightened,
- lit
- (or lighted)
Words Related to illumed
- beamed,
- beat (down),
- radiated,
- shone
- (or shined)
- floodlit
- (also floodlighted)
- highlighted,
- spotlighted
- (or spotlit)
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