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?1623 O. Felltham Resolues xxviii. 90 Though God depriue mee of his presence for a time, he will one day re-inlighten mee.

1691 E. Taylor tr. Behmen Div. Essence xviii. 275 Re~enlightening the Soul.

1709 T. Ellwood Sacred Hist. 75 He will not Quench (but rather quicken, revive and re-enlighten it).

1752 F. Warner Rational Def. Eng. Reformation xxxi. 448 Our gracious and merciful creator saw fit to indulge the world sitting in darkness, to dispel its thick mists, and re-enlighten it with the beams of revelation.

1815 C. Lloyd tr. V. Alfieri Mary Stuart v. i, in Trag. II. 301 There are perhaps who deceive thee: perhaps I come In time to re-enlighten thee.

1864 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 14 Nov. 2/4 If the South felt she was right, she ought to have proceeded to re-enlighten and persuade the popular judgment.

1927 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 66 723 In That western frontier has crossed the Alleghenies,..crossed the Rockies, reached the Pacific, started back again as an eastern frontier to reënlighten the East from the West.

1994 Los Angeles Times 12 May f1/1 [He] immediately becomes a messianic guru figure, only to have his followers finally rebel against his strictures, and their rebellion in turn re-enlightens him.

2007 Africa News (Nexis) 12 June The people need to be re-enlightened on the inherent danger of dumping refuse and other waste into the flowing gutters when ever the rain falls.