illuminizev.
/ɪˈl(j)uːmɪnʌɪz/ 1. intransitive. To be an illuminist; to play the illuminist.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > rationalism > [verb (intransitive)] > be an adherent of enlightenment philosophy
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > rationalism > [verb (transitive)] > initiate into enlightenment philosophy
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [verb (transitive)] > initiate into specific society
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Illuminati (Bavarian) > make Illuminati (Bavarian) [verb (transitive)]
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1800 S. T. Coleridge Let. to R. Southey 25 Jan. in Lett. (1895) I. 323 If to act on the belief that all things are the process, and that inapplicable truths are moral falsehoods, be to illuminize, why then I illuminize!
2. transitive. ‘To initiate into the doctrine or principles of the Illuminati’ (Webster 1828 citing Amer. Review).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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