Enlighten
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈlaɪtən/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Enlighten is a verb meaning (transitive) To supply with light.
Meaning
(transitive) To supply with light.
More Meanings
- (transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
Example Sentences
The sun enlightens the Earth.
Care to enlighten me, if you think I'm so benighted?
She tried to enlighten them about the rules of the program, but they remained belligerently and self-righteously ignorant.
As your reviewer showed, the purpose of the translator and publishers is to help along the labor movement by furnishing a lesson from the past to enlighten the movement of to-day.
Word Forms
- enlightens
- enlightening
- enlightened
Synonyms for enlighten
Depending on context, synonyms include illumine, illuminate, alight, belight, beshine, bright.
Antonyms for enlighten
Common opposites include endarken, obscure, blur, confuse.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include illuminate, clear, irradiate, clarify, edify, elucidate.
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