illume

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Thou hast come down our darkness to illume:

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  1. transitive verb To illuminate.

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  1. Short for illumine (probably on the model of French verbs in -lumer, to light up, such as allumer, to light).

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  1. from Old French illumer (= Portuguese illumiar = Italian illumare), contr. of illuminer, from Latin illuminare, inluminare, light up: see illumine, illuminate.
 

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/ɪˈljum/
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