ENLIGHT

Etymology

Verb

enlight (third-person singular simple present enlights, present participle enlighting, simple past and past participle enlit or enlighted)

(archaic, transitive) To illuminate.

Anagrams

• lething, lighten

Source: Wiktionary


En*light", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + light. Cf. Enlighten.]

Definition: To illumine; to enlighten. [R.] Which from the first has shone on ages past, Enlights the present, and shall warm the last. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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