enlight en · VERB
Etymology
From en- + light.
Meanings
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(archaic, transitive) To illuminate.
Others, whether they be rich or poor, are the guides and lights of the nation, raising its tone, enlighting its difficulties, and improving its ideals.
1910 July 14, Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, “The Future of the Human Race”, in Popular Science Monthly:Let rays of truth enlight his sleeping brain.
1783, William Blake, An Imitation of Spencer:Which from the first has shone on ages past, Enlights the present, and shall warm the last.
1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enlighted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enlighted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| enlit | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enlit | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| enlighting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enlights | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |