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==Origins==
Possibly inlighten (14th c.: see sense 4) was a secondary form of inlight
==Definitions==
*1. trans. To put [[light]] into, make luminous.
:b. To light, set light to (a lamp, a combustible). Obs.
*2. To shed light upon, [[illuminate]] (an object, scene, etc.); to give light to ([[persons]]). Also absol. Now chiefly poet. or [[rhetoric]]al.
:b. fig. To throw light upon, elucidate (a subject). Obs.
*3. a. To light, give light to (a room or building) by lamps, etc., or by windows. b. To light (a district, town, etc.); to furnish with lighting apparatus. Obs.
*4. In Biblical phrase: To remove dimness or blindness from (the eyes, and fig. the [[heart]]). Obs.
*5. fig. To supply with [[intellectual]] light; to impart [[knowledge]] or [[wisdom]] to; to instruct. In mod. use often humorously in trivial sense: To inform, remove (one's) ignorance of something.
:b. In religious use: To supply with [[spiritual]] light.
*6. [[Context]]ually: To revive, exhilarate. (Cf. lighten, brighten, in similar connexion.) Obs.
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==Origins==
Possibly inlighten (14th c.: see sense 4) was a secondary form of inlight
==Definitions==
*1. trans. To put [[light]] into, make luminous.
:b. To light, set light to (a lamp, a combustible). Obs.
*2. To shed light upon, [[illuminate]] (an object, scene, etc.); to give light to ([[persons]]). Also absol. Now chiefly poet. or [[rhetoric]]al.
:b. fig. To throw light upon, elucidate (a subject). Obs.
*3. a. To light, give light to (a room or building) by lamps, etc., or by windows. b. To light (a district, town, etc.); to furnish with lighting apparatus. Obs.
*4. In Biblical phrase: To remove dimness or blindness from (the eyes, and fig. the [[heart]]). Obs.
*5. fig. To supply with [[intellectual]] light; to impart [[knowledge]] or [[wisdom]] to; to instruct. In mod. use often humorously in trivial sense: To inform, remove (one's) ignorance of something.
:b. In religious use: To supply with [[spiritual]] light.
*6. [[Context]]ually: To revive, exhilarate. (Cf. lighten, brighten, in similar connexion.) Obs.
[[Category: General Reference]]