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illightens

illightens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of illighten.

Meaning of illighten

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, §....

Questions about illightens

What is illightens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Illightens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of illighten.

Words near illightens in the dictionary

  1. Illidge
  2. Illig
  3. illighten
  4. illightened
  5. illightening
  6. illightens
  7. Illigs
  8. Illimani
  9. illimaquinone
  10. illimitability
  11. illimitable

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