Enlighten: alternatives and connections

To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.

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To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

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Arranged; furnished; provided.

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To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.

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To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or i…

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To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies.

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The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improv…

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The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improv…

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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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To make an idea or pattern become clear and definite.

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To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.

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To build; to construct.

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To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

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To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.

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To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.

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