lumine

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  1. To illumine; enlighten. See illumine. Thus the outwarde parte of the place lumyned the eyes of the beholders, by reason of y sumptuous worke. Hall, Hist. Hen. VIII., an. 12.
  2. The principle or the medium of light; the luminiferous ether. London Jour. Arts, Sci., and Manuf., 1848.

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  • Infinite love will not be caught and held, but the more love there is, the more it can penetrate what exceeds its grasp; 'plus autem participabit lumine gloriae, qui plus habet de caritate, —  Vox Nova
  • O nata lux de lumine, (Light born of light), a hymn for Transfiguration, is gloriously set by American, Morten Lauridsen and Welshman, William Mathias.
  • Largior hic campos aether et lumine vestit —  Memoirs of My Life and Writings
  • Suppeditatque novo confestim lumine lumen. " —  The Essays of Montaigne — Complete
  • Juppiter auctificas lustravit lumine terras. " —  The Essays of Montaigne — Complete
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  1. from Middle English luminen, from Late Latin luminare, shine: see luminate and loom. Cf. illumine.
  2. from Latin lumen (lumin-), light: see lumen, luminous.
 

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