transitive. To uncover (an eye) by parting the eyelids, so as to allow one to see; to part (the eyelids); (also) to restore sight to (a person). In…

To make (a person) clear as to a matter; to convince (obsolete); to enlighten or inform (the mind or understanding); to ‘clarify’.

To enlighten mentally or intellectually. rare.

Directly figurative esp. To illuminate (the mind). Obsolete or archaic. (The earlier use.)

transitive. To illuminate, enlighten. literal and figurative. (Frequently in 17th cent.)

To enlighten intellectually; to give knowledge or understanding to.

transitive. To free from blindness.

figurative and transferred. To illumine with spiritual or intellectual light; to throw light upon anything intellectually obscure.

transitive. To unbandage (the eyes); to free (a person or animal) from a bandage over the eyes. Also figurative.

colloquial. a thing or two: several things; a considerable or significant number of things. Chiefly with verbs relating to the possession or…

transferred and figurative. To ‘light up’ (the face), as a smile; to enlighten or illuminate (the mind or understanding).

transitive. To give (a person) greater knowledge and understanding about a subject or situation; to inform.