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illumine

[ih-loo-min] / ɪˈlu mɪn /


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The choir of black-robed, monklike figures, clustered on either side of the stage in two four-tiered towers, burst forth in a great invocation: "What in us is dark/ Illumine..."

From Time Magazine Archive

Last night of al, when yonder starre that's west- ward from the pole, had made his course to Illumine that part of heauen.

From The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke The First ('Bad') Quarto by Shakespeare, William

Illumine their hearts with the effulgent light of Thy knowledge and brighten their eyes with the shining splendour of the day-star of Thy favours.

From Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh

Illumine their eyes by the light of love, and enkindle their hearts by the rays streaming from the heaven of the Supreme Concourse.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Illumine him like a cup of ghee; like the copper of a polished tablet let him be made bright!

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)




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