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illumine

[ih-loo-min] / ɪˈlu mɪn /


VERB
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The choir of black-robed, monklike figures, clustered on either side of the stage in two four-tiered towers, burst forth in a great invocation: "What in us is dark/ Illumine..."

From Time Magazine Archive

Soon shall a flaming sea Illumine with its light the Roman state!

From Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans by Orbeck, Anders

Illumine their faces in Thy Kingdom of holiness, and perfect their joy by aiding them to arise for the triumph of Thy Cause.

From Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by Báb

What in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.

From Familiar Quotations by Bartlett, John

Illumine the brows of Thy true lovers and support them with angelic hosts of certain triumph.

From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá




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