† enlymev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To illuminate, brighten.
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the world > matter > light > illumination > illuminate [verb (transitive)]
onlighteOE
enlightOE
alemeOE
alightOE
lightOE
belighta1200
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to strike up1598
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illustrate1625
unbenight1629
emblaze1637
burn1712
alluminate1726
lamp1808
enkindle1870
c1440 Partonope 1920 Alle the feelde Was enlymed wyth the bryghtnesse.
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