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Definition of Illumining
1. illumine [v] - See also: illumine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illumining
Literary usage of Illumining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"... and every high officer, illumining the night with abundant fire," &c. (In S.
Pascha, xlv. § 2). About the year 500, a large number of Jews were ..."
2. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"illumining the true picked grain, By crafty writing of his sawes' sweet.
THE TESTAMENT OF JOHN LYDGATE (From Testamentum Johannis Lydgate) Midst of a ..."
3. Electricity in Every-day Life by Edwin James Houston (1905)
"Microscope Lamp illumining the Reflector of Microscope. Note the fact that the
lamp is placed inside a reflector or shade, by means of which it is possible ..."
4. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1863)
"(K.) = [Making, or causing, to see or to have sight: and hence, giving light;
shining; illumining : and conspicuous ; manifest ; evident ; apparent : also ..."
5. The Minor Prophets: With a Commentary Explanatory and Practical and by Edward Bouverie Pusey (1885)
"He define* it to be " a sudden silence in the midst of the Psalmody for the
reception of the illumining." at the end of the verse. Bight Psalms only, ont of ..."
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