ENLIGHTEN
\ɛnlˈa͡ɪtən], \ɛnlˈaɪtən], \ɛ_n_l_ˈaɪ_t_ə_n]\
Definitions of ENLIGHTEN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.
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To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To lighten, shed light on, or supply with light; to give intellectual light or knowledge to; to give spiritual light or guidance to; to enable, as the eye, to see.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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