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lumine, v. Now rare or Obs.|ˈl(j)uːmɪn| [a. OF. lumine-r, med.L. lūmināre, f. L. lūmin-, lūmen light. Cf. limn v., illumine v.] trans. To light up, illumine. † In early use, to illuminate (manuscripts or books); see limn v. Hence ˈlumined ppl. a., ˈlumining vbl. n.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 295 Þis bisshop hymself schonede not to write and lumine and bynde bookes. 1483Cath. Angl. 223/2 To Lumine, illuminare. 1512in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. IV. 379 In part pament of lummyng [? read lumining] of the Kingis grete portuus x Franch crounis. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 857/1 The outward part of the place lumined the eies of the beholders, by reason of the sumptuous worke. 1596Spenser Heavenly Love 280 Blinding the eyes, and lumining the spright. 1729Savage Wanderer iii. 139 From lumin'd windows glancing on the eye, Around, athwart, the striking shadows fly. 1823J. F. Cooper Pioneers xli, A smile of joy lumined his wrinkled features. |