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illumed

verb

past tense of illume
1
as in educated
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
as in illumined
to supply with light during the vigil service the church's Gothic interior was illumed by the light of hundreds of tapers

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  1. educated
  2. illumined
  3. inspired
  4. illuminated
  5. lit
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  • Spencer was educated at Eton College, the prestigious school located in the English county of Berkshire, a stone’s throw from Windsor Castle.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In his view, Party operatives, who tend to be young, coastal, and college-educated, put their own policy preferences ahead of the median voter, who is a white fiftysomething with a high-school education living in the suburbs.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of educated
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  • Fantastic, illumined by periodic excursions into surrealism, as when the crew of a mysterious UFO boards a transpacific Kahuna Airlines jet midflight.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of illumined
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  • The song has inspired a fan edit of Floyd-Liz clips set to Swift’s new song.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • That didn’t stop Bateman from starring in a rom-com inspired by his wife’s iconic Star Wars character.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of inspired
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  • When illuminated with green laser light, the NV center emits red light.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The store’s signature illuminated pink sign became the biggest sticking point.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of illuminated
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  • As the music intensifies, so does the questioning, as Fielder continues to push Holmes and Evans about what’s real and what’s being hidden from him as moodily lighted close-up shots flash.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Campers were beginning to gather; here or there a phone lit a face out of the night like a pilgrim in a tenebrist tableau.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
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“Illumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illumed. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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