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lumine en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈluːmɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English lūminen, clipping of enlūminen, from Old French enluminer, from Latin illūminō, from lūminō, from lūmen.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) To illuminate.
   • When canned foods pall, a rifle is a handy bolsterer of the meat supply in this land of wild game; when, in the lonely night, the two geologists have talked through every subject in their ken, a book lumined by a gasoline lamp is a real diversion. 1944, The Lamp, volumes 26-30, page 53:
   • 16th century, Edmund Spenser, An Hymne Of Heavenly Love Compar'd to that celestiall beauties blaze, Whose glorious beames all fleshly sense doth daze With admiration of their passing light, Blinding the eyes, and lumining the spright

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