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illumine

[ih-loo-min] / ɪˈlu mɪn /


VERB
explain
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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The lighting illumines each river in brilliantly bright backdrop colors.

From Los Angeles Times

“She is the one of course that I am trying to get. … To mark her off, to describe, to illumine, to celebrate, to get rid of her.”

From Los Angeles Times

The fog of war obscures even the most illumined conscience.

From Seattle Times

Rather, my time with Jackson illumined a generative confusion to how she understood abstraction in art and life.

From Los Angeles Times

Encouraging “trust among individuals, peoples and nations,” Francis said the joyful expression of Easter “illumines the darkness and gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped.”

From Washington Times