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deluminate en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + luminate.

Meanings

1. To extinguish a light; to darken.
   • The smoky deluminated lounge was a sunken scatter of driftwood booths and castaway tables. 1998, Writers Forum - Issues 24-26, page 52:
   • But I still would like to deluminate rooms and let only the light from the daffodil shine, 2016, Andrey Astakhov, Tamerlis:
   • A modification of the above has a stopcock at the base for controlling the flow of gas into the burner, simultaneously admitting the proper proportion of air to deluminate the flame. 1902, Frank Julian, A Text-book of Quantitative Chemical Analysis:
   • He watches the flickering black lights, as they deluminate, the world around him. 2008, Michael Stapp, Gravedust & Grace, page 52:

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