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Enlighten   /ɛnlˈaɪtən/   Listen
verb
Enlighten  v. t.  
1.
To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth. "His lightnings enlightened the world."
2.
To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding. "The conscience enlightened by the Word and Spirit of God."






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"Enlighten" Quotes from Famous Books



... been no mark at all, the thing is so slight. I am of the opinion that Tolliver himself caused it. In short, that it was made by either a pin or a cuff button in his wristband when he was attacked and fell. But enlighten me upon a puzzling point, Sir Henry: What do you use coriander and oil of sassafras ...
— Cleek, the Master Detective • Thomas W. Hanshew

... trust in Spaniards, and ask help and favour from them! By the light of my eyes. I will believe none of that!" So saying, she made a fig[3] at herself. "But if you, my daughter, will take good advice, I will give you such as shall truly enlighten your way." ...
— The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

... which may mean the country of Ramo, though I have never found any natives who could enlighten me on the derivation of this obviously triple word. The extent of the country, roughly speaking, stretches from the coast to the junction or bifurcation of the Kingani and its upper branch the Mgeta river, westwards; and from the Kingani, north, to the ...
— The Discovery of the Source of the Nile • John Hanning Speke

... through the higher, as Dionysius explains (Coel. Hier. iv, vii). In like manner therefore the unfolding of faith must needs reach men of lower degree through those of higher degree. Consequently, just as the higher angels, who enlighten those who are below them, have a fuller knowledge of Divine things than the lower angels, as Dionysius states (Coel. Hier. xii), so too, men of higher degree, whose business it is to teach others, are under obligation ...
— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas

... Jonathan, but I feel sure, from dim memories, that their histories about describe Peter and Sam. I couldn't for the life of me see why any woman should resent "a love that passes the love of" her, and I am sure she wouldn't if one of them was a poet born to enlighten the world. Yes, I breathed easier at the thought of Sam's affection for Peter, and went back to the case of the giant Belgian, though I don't think the artist quite intended him to ...
— Over Paradise Ridge - A Romance • Maria Thompson Daviess


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