illume — ozdic

Definitions

verb

1

To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright.

Laſt night of all, / When yond ſame Starre that's Weſtward from the Pole / Had made his courſe t’illume that part of Heauen / Where now it burnes, / Marcellus and my ſelfe, / The Bell then beating one.

How dread the thunder's peal that rolls above ! How bright the flashes that illume the sky !

noun

1

Illumination.

Till lo! at once broad through the gloom, / The lightnings flash’d their dread illume, / Full on a rock by copse embound, / And tore and whirl’d its ruins round; […]

The abdication of belief / Makes the behavior small – / Better an ignis fatuus / Than no illume at all.

Collocations

4

ADJ.

all, full

VERB + ILLUME

flashes, lit

ILLUME + NOUN

empyrean, sky

PREP.

in, on, than

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — make lighter or brighter

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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Laſt night of all, / When yond ſame Starre that's Weſtward from the Pole / Had made his courſe t’illume that part of Heauen / Where now it burnes, / Marcellus and my ſelfe, / The Bell then beating one

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02

How dread the thunder's peal that rolls above ! How bright the flashes that illume the sky !

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03

Brighter the sun illumed the suburbs, more / Ugly and absolute that shade's reproof […]

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04

Till lo! at once broad through the gloom, / The lightnings flash’d their dread illume, / Full on a rock by copse embound, / And tore and whirl’d its ruins round; […]

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05

The abdication of belief / Makes the behavior small – / Better an ignis fatuus / Than no illume at all.

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06

What, in the glowing constellation / Of gem-thoughts studding all high aspire throughout the ages / More truly is the lamp / Lit in the illume of the empyrean / That brightest gleams / Athwart the dar

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, illume is marked as archaic, figuratively, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.