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disilluminate

disilluminate verb: to destroy the light of; to darken.

Verb

disilluminate (third-person singular simple present disilluminates, present participle disilluminating, simple past and past participle disilluminated)

  1. (transitive) To destroy the light of; to darken.

Forms of disilluminate

third-person singular presentdisilluminates
present participledisilluminating
past participledisilluminated
pastdisilluminated

Origin of disilluminate

From dis- + illuminate.

Questions about disilluminate

What does disilluminate mean?
Disilluminate means to destroy the light of; to darken.
What part of speech is disilluminate?
Disilluminate is a verb.
What is the past tense of disilluminate?
The past tense of disilluminate is disilluminated.

Words near disilluminate in the dictionary

  1. disilicon
  2. disillude
  3. disilluded
  4. disilludes
  5. disilluding
  6. disilluminate
  7. disilluminated
  8. disilluminates
  9. disilluminating
  10. disillusion
  11. disillusionary

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