illume

Definition

To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright.

Etymology

Clipping of illumine.

Example Sentences

• "Laſt night of all, / When yond ſame Starre that's Weſtward from the Pole / Had made his courſe t’illume that part of Heauen / Where now it burnes, / Marcellus and my ſelfe, / The Bell then beating one."
• "How dread the thunder's peal that rolls above ! How bright the flashes that illume the sky !"
• "Brighter the sun illumed the suburbs, more / Ugly and absolute that shade's reproof […]"