† enlimnv.
Obsolete.
transitive.
a. To illuminate (a book); = enlumine v. 4.
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1453 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 190 j par of tables enlymned with Seyntes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 536/1 I enlymnye, as one enlymneth a boke, Ie enlumine. This boke is well written and richely enlymned, Ce liure est bien escript et richement enluminé.
b. To paint in bright colours.
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1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. ii. 71 Origen called heauen a booke, in which God hath as it were inlymned all that his pleasure is should come to passe in this world.
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