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illighten

illighten verb: to enlighten.

Verb

illighten (third-person singular simple present illightens, present participle illightening, simple past and past participle illightened)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) To enlighten.
    • So then the Maſſe and Chaos being firſt created, void, darke, and imformed, was by the operatiue Spirit of God pierced and quickned, and the Waters hauing now receiued Spirit and motion, reſolued their thinner parts into aire, which God illightned .the Earth alſo by being contignat, and mixt with...1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], “Of the Creation, and Preſervation of the World.”, in The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, 1st book, §....

Forms of illighten

third-person singular presentillightens
present participleillightening
past participleillightened
pastillightened

Origin of illighten

Perhaps from an alteration of alighten influenced by illuminate.

Questions about illighten

What does illighten mean?
Illighten means to enlighten.
What part of speech is illighten?
Illighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of illighten?
The past tense of illighten is illightened.

Words near illighten in the dictionary

  1. illicitous
  2. illicits
  3. illicium
  4. Illidge
  5. Illig
  6. illighten
  7. illightened
  8. illightening
  9. illightens
  10. Illigs
  11. Illimani

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