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▪ I. illume, v.|ɪˈl(j)uːm|
[A poetical shortening of illumine: cf. relume, also used by Shakes. Perhaps influenced by F. allumer, rallumer (Of. alumer, ralumer), also OF. enlumer, of which the stem -lumer came through *-lumner, from L. -lūmināre.]
= illumine: almost exclusively poetic.
1. trans. To light up; to make shining or bright, to brighten.
1602Shakes. Ham. i. i. 37 When yond same Starre..Had made his course t' illume that part of Heauen Where now it burnes. 1788Wolcott (P. Pindar) Peter's Pension Wks. 1812 II. 17 Train-oil instead of Wax was bid t'illume The goodly company and Dancing-room. 1791Cowper Odyss. xix. 42 Pallas from a golden lamp illumed The dusky way before them. 1821Shelley Hellas 69 A second sun array'd in flame, To burn, to kindle, to illume. 1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. (ed. 2) 131 It illumes to a greater extent the atmosphere.
2. transf. and fig. To ‘light up’ (the face), as a smile; to enlighten or illuminate (the mind or understanding).
a1764Lloyd tr. Voltaire's Henriade Poet. Wks. 1774 II. 222 Descend, and with thy strong and purest light My verse illume! 1795Southey Vis. Maid Orleans iii. 146 Loftier thoughts illume The enlighten'd glance. 1804J. Grahame Sabbath 311 A smile illumes The face of some. 1862Neale Hymns East. Ch. (1866) 57 Till through fast-closed doors Thou camest Thy Disciples to illume.
†3. To set alight, kindle. Also, fig. Obs. rare.
1728Pope Dunc. iii. 260 Yon suns, he rears at pleasure higher, Illumes their light, and sets their flames on fire. 1744Akenside Pleas. Imag. i. 363 She by this Illumes the headstrong impulse of desire.
Hence illumed |ɪˈl(j)uːmd|, ppl. a. Also iˈllumer, one who or that which illumes.
1836I. Taylor Phys. The. Another Life (1857) 179 A wide illumed landscape. 1854Keightley Mythol. Anc. Greece (ed. 3) 384 Castor being the Illumer.
▪ II. iˈllume, n. poet. rare.
[f. prec. vb.]
Illumination.
1838J. Struthers Poetic Tales 37 The lightnings flashed their dread illume. c1882E. Dickinson Poems (1955) III. 1069 Better an ignis fatuus Than no illume at all. |