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lumine

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈluːmɪn/

1

verb

Meaning 1

To illuminate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 16th century, Edmund Spenser, An Hymne Of Heavenly Love Compar'd to that celestiall beauties blaze, Whose glorious beames all fleshly sense doth daze With admiration of their passing light, Blinding the eyes, and lumining the spright

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English lūminen, clipping of enlūminen, from Old French enluminer, from Latin illūminō, from lūminō, from lūmen.