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illuming

illuming is the present participle and gerund of illume.

Meaning of illume

Verb

illume (third-person singular simple present illumes, present participle illuming, simple past and past participle illumed)

  1. (archaic, figuratively, poetic, usually) To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright.
    • Laſt night of all, / When yond ſame Starre that's Weſtward from the Pole / Had made his courſe t’illume that part of Heauen / Where now it burnes, / Marcellus and my ſelfe, / The Bell then beating one.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    Synonyms:
    illuminate, illumine

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Questions about illuming

What is illuming the present participle and gerund of?
Illuming is the present participle and gerund of illume.

Words near illuming in the dictionary

  1. illuminer
  2. illuminers
  3. illumines
  4. illuminest
  5. illumineth
  6. illuming
  7. illumining
  8. illuminings
  9. illuminism
  10. illuminisms
  11. illuminist

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