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illumine, v.|ɪˈl(j)uːmɪn|
Also 4–6 illumyne, yll-.
[a. F. illuminer (12–13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. illūmināre.]
= illuminate v.
1. trans. To light up, shed light upon; to shine upon or into; to light up in token of rejoicing or honour.
1375Barbour Bruce viii. 228 Thair speris, thair pennownys, & thar scheldis Of licht Illumynit all the feldis. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 22 A ful greth lyht Illumyned sodeynly that derk presoun. 1500–20Dunbar Thistle & Rose 41 Illumynit our with orient skyis brycht. 1667Milton P.L. i. 666 The sudden blaze Far round illumin'd hell. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 375 Clouds..illumined by the sun. 1852Tennyson Ode Wellington viii, When the long-illumined cities flame Their ever-loyal iron leader's fame. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xxvii. 202 The Aiguille and Dôme were most singularly illumined.
fig.a1550in Dunbar's Poems (1890) 322 Jesus the sterne of most bewte In the is rissin..Fro dirknes to illumyne the. 1856Sat. Rev. II. 465/2 Casual expressions..illumine hidden depths in the man's heart and character.
b. To give light or sight to (the eyes).
1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 188 b, When god had illumined the eies of the kyng. 1567Triall Treas. (1850) 30 Who ilumineth myne eyes to see my saluation.
c. intr. To become light or bright; to be illuminated.
1500–20Dunbar Thistle & Rose 21 All the houss illumynit of hir lemys. Ibid. 157 All the land illumynit of the licht. 1773J. Ross Fratricide iv. 598 (MS.) The clouds up-rise, and Heav'n's dark hemisphere Illumines as they pass. 1801A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. 395 Our city illumines tomorrow.
2. To enlighten spiritually; to convert; to inspire. (The earliest sense in Eng.)
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 14 When the resone..es illuminede with grace for to be-halde Godde and gastely thynges. 1382Wyclif Heb. vi. 4 Hem that oonys ben illumyned [L. illuminati]. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xiv. 336 Good lord, ye created and made our fader Adam..and yllumyned him with the grace of the holi gost. 1554in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. App. xvii. 43 Which faith is..wrought by the H. Ghost..Where through..the mind is illumined. 18..I. Williams Hymn, ‘Disposer Supreme’, The lights thou hast kindled In darkness around, O may they illumine Our spirits within.
3. To enlighten mentally or intellectually. rare.
a1529Skelton Bowge of Courte 20 Ignoraunce full soone dyde me dyscure, And shewed that in this arte I was not sure; For to illumyne, she sayde, I was to dulle. c1532Remedie of Love xxx, O ye muses nine Whilom ye were wont to be mine aide & light, My penne to direct, my braine to illumine. 1667Milton P.L. i. 23 What in me is dark Illumine. 1784De Lolme's Eng. Const. Life, Whose labours delighted and illumined mankind. 1847Lytton Lucretia ii. vi, This benighted mind, only illumined by a kind of miserable astuteness.
4. To brighten as with light, to make radiant.
1508Dunbar Goldyn Targe 258 Thy fresch anamalit termes celicall This mater coud illumynit haue full brycht. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 486 And as the bright sun glorifies the sky, So is her face illumined with her eye. 1851Longfellow Gold. Leg. i. Castle Vautsberg, Like a happy lover Who illumines life with dreaming! 1871R. Ellis Catullus lxiv. 34 Delight their faces illumines.
5. To illuminate (manuscripts, etc.); also fig.
1717Pope Let. to Lady M. W. Montagu Oct., She..had his sonnets curiously copied out, and illumined with letters of gold. 1738― Epil. Sat. ii. 121 To Cato Virgil pay'd one honest line; O let my Country's Friends illumine mine!
Hence iˈllumined ppl. a. iˈllumining vbl. n. and ppl. a. (lit. and fig.)
1382Wyclif 2 Cor. iv. 6 To the illumynynge of the Science of the Cleernesse of God. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 1 b, The sentences of illumyned doctours concernynge perfeccyon. 1641Milton Reform. ii. (1851) 68 The third Subsistence of Divine Infinitude, illumining Spirit. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., The sect of illumined was revived in France in the year 1634..but they were so hotly pursued by Louis XIII, that they were soon destroyed. The brothers of the rosy cross, are sometimes also called illumined. 1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 55 We procured a bucket full of the illumined sea-water. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 426 Another illumining of the Holy Spirit came for the benefit of those who received the prophecy. |