enlightened

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We put out our candle that is already enlightened, that is, the knowledge of good conversation that we may seek more light, and that is the way to find darkness and delusion.

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  1. Illuminated; supplied with light; light-giving. Mr. Bradley, F. R. S., supposes the Will with the Wisp to be no more than a Group of small enlightened Insects. Bourne's Pop. Antiq. (1777), p. 372.
  2. Possessing or manifesting enlightenment; having or showing much knowledge or acquired wisdom; specifically, freed from blinding ignorance, prejudice, superstition, etc.: used to note the highest stage of general human advancement, as in the series savage, barbarous, half-civilized, civilized, and enlightened. It pleases me sometimes to think of the very great number of important subjects which have been discussed in the Edinburgh Review in so enlightened a manuer. Sydney Smith, in Lady Holland, iv.

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  • We put out our candle that is already enlightened, that is, the knowledge of good conversation that we may seek more light, and that is the way to find darkness and delusion. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
  • At that time people seemed to stick so to one idea; now, they are more nervous, more sensitive, more enlightened--people of two or three ideas at once--as it were. —  The Idiot
  • I may fittingly conclude by saying that the sum of all that might be written is comprehended in the statement that obedience to God in all things is the sure and only road to success Of all the bright and glorious truths with which our fallen world is enlightened, there is one--a duplex truth--which lies at the foundation of everything. —  Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories
  • Wealthy and enlightened, able to govern themselves, they desired to escape from the régime du bon plaisir How incapable political understanding is of discovering the source of social distress we have already demonstrated to "Prussian." —  Selected Essays
  • Let us pray this night that the dark mind of our poor friend may be enlightened, and that the Holy Spirit may bring home the truths of the gospel to that of his young son You are right; you are right, wife," said Mr Ramsay, taking her hand. —  The Trapper's Son
 

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