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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ILLU'ME
ILLU'MINANT, n. That which illuminates or affords light.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" [syn: light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (illumed; illuming) Date: 1602 illuminate

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. poet. light up; make bright. Etymology: shortening of ILLUMINE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Illume Il*lume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Illuming.] [Cf. F. illuminer. See Illuminate.] To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine. --Shak. The mountain's brow, Illumed with fluid gold. --Thomson.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. (Poetical.) Illuminate, light up, light.