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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.

2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.

3. To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.

4. To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To light up in token or rejoicing.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Enlightened. Bp. Hall.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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